smile for the camera

Bill Verburg · Bill Verburg's Garage

Smile for the camera

dewolf · 07-23-2013, 04:28 AM

Fantastic. Just shows how insignificant our little blue dot is in the vastness of the universe, let alone our own galaxy.

shadowjack1 · shadowjack1's Garage

I was smiling. See me standing there right next to the Pope.

Buckterrier · 07-23-2013, 04:34 AM

Already posted Bill but still a great pic.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

That little dot does not seem to be the center of the universe.

Jim Richards · 07-23-2013, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That little dot does not seem to be the center of the universe.

That's incomprehensible!

mossguy · 07-23-2013, 04:49 AM

So who took the picture and how did he/she get there?

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

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Originally Posted by Jim Richards

That's incomprehensible!

The Catholic church used to burn people at the stake for saying Earth was not the center of everything.

I am pretty sure we are just a speck in a little tiny solar system, in a average little galaxy among many billions of other galaxies.

Drdogface · Drdogface's Garage

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Originally Posted by mossguy

So who took the picture and how did he/she get there?

One of our deep probe rockets I guess. Take a while it go 900 million miles ...I can't recall when any of them were launched or their names

Edit: I see the name 'Cassini' in the Saturn pic....must be the mission/rocket name.. ?

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

The photo from Saturn is stunning. The rings always look like a time lapse photo to me. What is the wide white/light blue streak going across the image about 1/3 up from the bottom?

Drdogface · Drdogface's Garage

Sun ?

BReif61 · 07-23-2013, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gh85carrera

that little dot does not seem to be the center of the universe.

blasphemer!

krystar · 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That little dot does not seem to be the center of the universe.

hmm....that just got me thinking.

how to determine if point X is the "center" of space Y, without knowing the shape or size or being able to measure the space Y

it's reasonable to state that we're at the center of the observable universe because WE're the ones doing the observing!

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

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Originally Posted by mossguy

So who took the picture and how did he/she get there?

Pretty it's a guy named Eddie.

ossiblue · 07-23-2013, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mossguy

So who took the picture and how did he/she get there?

Same guy that took the pic of Neil Armstrong and Edmund Hillary.