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Here is a photo of the Earth and Moon, with the to-scale distance between them. It makes a great desktop background: http://www.traipse.com/earth_and_moon/ htt

Here is a photo of the Earth and Moon, with the to-scale distance between them. It makes a great desktop background: http://www.traipse.com/earth_and_moon/ http://www.traipse.com/earth_and_moon/

tankbot 14y ago
This is really cool, though I would like to see a version in higher resolution with some stars. Not oppressively bright stars, just a hint to remind you that there are billions of billions of violent, fiery balls of self-contained exploding gas out there...
- drewolbrich 14y ago
  If it was a real photograph, I do not think you would see any stars in the frame. The Earth is extremely bright compared to the stars. If the exposure of the film/video (or your eyes) was set to portray the Earth at that brightness, you wouldn't see any stars. Example: http://www.astrobio.net/images/galleryimages_images/Gallery_Image_6633.jpg http://www.astrobio.net/images/galleryimages_images/Gallery_... This is a real image and is not CG. Another one: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/AS17/AS17-137-20957.jpg http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/AS17/AS17-1...
  - tankbot 14y ago
    I like the accurate size/distance but it doesn't have to be a photorealistic representation for me. Pure black except for the earth/moon is boring for a desktop background, and stars are pretty ;o)
millerm 14y ago
That's actually a pretty cool photo. I was staring at it, as my new background, and was thinking how amazing it is that their mutual gravitational influence is actually enough to keep the moon in its orbit. I guess I mean it's hard to tell just how massive yet, in contrast, how small something like the earth and moon are. That or it's the half bottle of beer I've had.
arc_of_descent 14y ago
Set it as my desktop background. Made me realize how dirty my monitor screen was. :)

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Here is a photo of the Earth and Moon, with the to-scale distance between them. It makes a great desktop background: http://www.traipse.com/earth_and_moon/ htt

by pjungwir 14y ago

Here is a photo of the Earth and Moon, with the to-scale distance between them. It makes a great desktop background: http://www.traipse.com/earth_and_moon/ http://www.traipse.com/earth_and_moon/

tankbot 14y ago
This is really cool, though I would like to see a version in higher resolution with some stars. Not oppressively bright stars, just a hint to remind you that there are billions of billions of violent, fiery balls of self-contained exploding gas out there...
- drewolbrich 14y ago
  If it was a real photograph, I do not think you would see any stars in the frame. The Earth is extremely bright compared to the stars. If the exposure of the film/video (or your eyes) was set to portray the Earth at that brightness, you wouldn't see any stars. Example: http://www.astrobio.net/images/galleryimages_images/Gallery_Image_6633.jpg http://www.astrobio.net/images/galleryimages_images/Gallery_... This is a real image and is not CG. Another one: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/AS17/AS17-137-20957.jpg http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/AS17/AS17-1...
  - tankbot 14y ago
    I like the accurate size/distance but it doesn't have to be a photorealistic representation for me. Pure black except for the earth/moon is boring for a desktop background, and stars are pretty ;o)
millerm 14y ago
That's actually a pretty cool photo. I was staring at it, as my new background, and was thinking how amazing it is that their mutual gravitational influence is actually enough to keep the moon in its orbit. I guess I mean it's hard to tell just how massive yet, in contrast, how small something like the earth and moon are. That or it's the half bottle of beer I've had.
arc_of_descent 14y ago
Set it as my desktop background. Made me realize how dirty my monitor screen was. :)