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Well, this really depends on what you mean by 'see' (and I suppose what you mean by 'space' as well, but let's just assume the ISS is the benchmark). Pictures l
by stormbrew 13y ago
Well, this really depends on what you mean by 'see' (and I suppose what you mean by 'space' as well, but let's just assume the ISS is the benchmark). Pictures like that, afaik, are taken with camera lenses that look roughly like [1]. You definitely can't make out city blocks with just your eyes from the ISS.
[1] http://media.the-digital-picture.com/Images/Other/Canon-EF-800mm-f-5.6-L-IS-USM-Lens/Canon-EF-800mm-f-5.6-L-IS-USM-Lens.jpg http://media.the-digital-picture.com/Images/Other/Canon-EF-8...
- jonah 13y agoNASA actually has a very long history of using Nikon equipment. Here are a couple references to (still) photography from the ISS: http://nikonrumors.com/2013/04/07/nikon-gear-at-the-iss.aspx/ http://nikonrumors.com/2013/04/07/nikon-gear-at-the-iss.aspx... http://nikonrumors.com/2013/11/12/low-light-astrophotography-from-the-iss.aspx/ http://nikonrumors.com/2013/11/12/low-light-astrophotography... http://nikonrumors.com/2013/04/22/astronaut-chris-hadfield-how-to-take-photos-from-the-iss.aspx/ http://nikonrumors.com/2013/04/22/astronaut-chris-hadfield-h... http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/08/nikon-in-space-new-nightpod-intelligent-tripod-compensates-for-motion-when-taking-images-from-space.aspx/ http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/08/nikon-in-space-new-nightpo... And to study quantum entanglement: http://nikonrumors.com/2013/04/09/400mm-nikon-lens-to-be-modified-at-the-iss-to-capture-photons-sent-from-earth.aspx/ http://nikonrumors.com/2013/04/09/400mm-nikon-lens-to-be-mod...