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That is indeed a stunning photo. Especially considering that the ISS orbits at around 400km and the moon at ~380,000km. It looks like it would be in a dangerous

That is indeed a stunning photo. Especially considering that the ISS orbits at around 400km and the moon at ~380,000km. It looks like it would be in a dangerously low orbit around the moon.

seba_dos1 5y ago
Yeah, it all looks kinda Little Prince-esque.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  The "Tiny Planet" / "Little Planet" effect! https://wiki.panotools.org/Unusual_remappings https://wiki.panotools.org/Unusual_remappings >Little planet >Fisheye little planet remapping result © Erik Krause >Stereographic little planet remapping result © Erik Krause This is a remapping already used by Helmut Dersch as a thumbnail for his virtual Marburg tour on [2], where he remapped an equirectangular full spherical panorama to a 360 degree fisheye image with the nadir in the center and the zenith at the circle border. This is the same projection as used in the first example. >Nowadays most GUI front-ends feature stereographic and fisheye output projection directly. Stereographic is far better for Little Planets since the outer regions are less compressed and hence keep their natural proportions. The stereographic example here has a smaller Field of View (250°) although the apparent size of the planet is approximately the same like the fisheye one. >Some Panorama Viewers like f.e. KRPano or DevalVR also feature stereographic projection or even "Little Planet" directly. How to create high resolution (hi-res) "Tiny Planet" images with your drone and DJI Go 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATZmiKKaMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATZmiKKaMw Dyson Sphere Project seems to distort and exaggerate the field of view to produce that same effect. Or maybe it's just that its planets are actually tiny! But you feel quite gigantic walking around them. GIANT ROBOT; SMALL PLANET | #1 | Dyson Sphere Program | Lets Play/Guide/Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tTU97bAMM4&t=2m28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tTU97bAMM4&t=2m28s Another interesting perspective: What If The Moon Were As Close As The ISS? (VIDEO) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moon-as-close-as-iss-video_n_4124338 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moon-as-close-as-iss-video_n_... The nice green field, blue sky, and fluffy clouds in the video would probably be a smoking bubbling magma hell-scape thanks to the intense tidal forces, though.

That is indeed a stunning photo. Especially considering that the ISS orbits at around 400km and the moon at ~380,000km. It looks like it would be in a dangerously low orbit around the moon.

seba_dos1 5y ago

Yeah, it all looks kinda Little Prince-esque.

DonHopkins 5y ago
The "Tiny Planet" / "Little Planet" effect! https://wiki.panotools.org/Unusual_remappings https://wiki.panotools.org/Unusual_remappings >Little planet >Fisheye little planet remapping result © Erik Krause >Stereographic little planet remapping result © Erik Krause This is a remapping already used by Helmut Dersch as a thumbnail for his virtual Marburg tour on [2], where he remapped an equirectangular full spherical panorama to a 360 degree fisheye image with the nadir in the center and the zenith at the circle border. This is the same projection as used in the first example. >Nowadays most GUI front-ends feature stereographic and fisheye output projection directly. Stereographic is far better for Little Planets since the outer regions are less compressed and hence keep their natural proportions. The stereographic example here has a smaller Field of View (250°) although the apparent size of the planet is approximately the same like the fisheye one. >Some Panorama Viewers like f.e. KRPano or DevalVR also feature stereographic projection or even "Little Planet" directly. How to create high resolution (hi-res) "Tiny Planet" images with your drone and DJI Go 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATZmiKKaMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATZmiKKaMw Dyson Sphere Project seems to distort and exaggerate the field of view to produce that same effect. Or maybe it's just that its planets are actually tiny! But you feel quite gigantic walking around them. GIANT ROBOT; SMALL PLANET | #1 | Dyson Sphere Program | Lets Play/Guide/Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tTU97bAMM4&t=2m28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tTU97bAMM4&t=2m28s Another interesting perspective: What If The Moon Were As Close As The ISS? (VIDEO) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moon-as-close-as-iss-video_n_4124338 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moon-as-close-as-iss-video_n_... The nice green field, blue sky, and fluffy clouds in the video would probably be a smoking bubbling magma hell-scape thanks to the intense tidal forces, though.