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25 kilometers per pixel is incredible resolution for something that far away!

• biotinker 6y ago
  That would be tremendous. Earth is 12700 km in diameter, so such an image would be a bit more than 500px across. Here is a picture of the Earth that is about 500px in diameter: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3upZx2gxxLpW7MBbnKYQLH.jpg https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3upZx2gxxLpW7MBbnKYQLH.jpg
  • andy_ppp 6y ago
    Do we only get a ring or do we get the whole thing? If we only get a ring why is that? Is the thing we are bending light around in the way?
    • aasasd 6y ago
      Your question seems to be sorta answered in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24425595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24425595