[keithc]

If I saw this in person, I'd probably crap my pants. Absolutely unbelievable.

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[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by keithc

If I saw this in person, I'd probably crap my pants. Absolutely unbelievable.

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Those are excruciatingly beautiful. Makes me wonder what we could do if we got rid of Social Security, Medicare and all those other Nancy-pants related expenses.

[SexyLxy]

Originally Posted by keithc

If I saw this in person, I'd probably crap my pants. Absolutely unbelievable.

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These pictures are so clear! I want the camera they were using!

[SeanPlunk]

Originally Posted by SexyLxy

These pictures are so clear! I want the camera they were using!

I know, I've never seen pictuers that vivid before.

[CorruptCulture]

It was a cell phone camera.

Anyone figure out what landmass that is in the second picture? Maybe Greenland?

[keithc]

Originally Posted by SeanPlunk

I know, I've never seen pictuers that vivid before.

That was exactly what I thought when I first saw them. Some of them actually look fake. I'm sure it's some crazy 50 megapixel camera that costs a few hundred thousand. I mean, if they spend $10k on a toilet seat, what are the chances they kept the camera under 6 figures? (I know it's a myth, but I'm sure it's not far off)

And as a side note, I would love to have a picture like the 7th one where it was just me waiving to the camera. I'd frame it and put it up somewhere in my house and as I showed people I'd be like, "Oh that's just me...in space."

[keithc]

Originally Posted by CorruptCulture

...Anyone figure out what landmass that is in the second picture? Maybe Greenland?

I was wondering that myself... I don't think it's Greenland just because the water along the coast looks pretty clear and a much lighter/brighter blue, which leads me to believe it's somewhere further south. I could be wrong though.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by keithc

I was wondering that myself... I don't think it's Greenland just because the water along the coast looks pretty clear and a much lighter/brighter blue, which leads me to believe it's somewhere further south. I could be wrong though.

It's much smaller than Greenland. It could be any number of thousands of islands in the Pacific . . . or maybe somewhere else. Great way to spend hours on Google Earth doing pattern matching.

[CorruptCulture]

Originally Posted by keithc

And as a side note, I would love to have a picture like the 7th one where it was just me waiving to the camera. I'd frame it and put it up somewhere in my house and as I showed people I'd be like, "Oh that's just me...in space."

A la Homer Simpson and Grimey. :lol:

[SeanPlunk]

Grimey FTW

From that episode:

Grimey: "My God, he eats like a pig."
Lenny: "I'd say he eats more like a duck, pigs tend to chew."