"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
12/21/2015 at 16:44 • Filed to: space
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"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
12/21/2015 at 16:44 • Filed to: space | 10
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This kind of perspective always makes me reflect on the fact that we’re all in this together. Be excellent to each other, my friends.
“From the Earth, the daily moonrise and moonset are always inspiring moments,” said Mark Robinson of Arizona State University in Tempe, principal investigator for LROC. “However, lunar astronauts will see something very different: viewed from the lunar surface, the Earth never rises or sets. Since the moon is tidally locked , Earth is always in the same spot above the horizon, varying only a small amount with the slight wobble of the moon. The Earth may not move across the ‘sky’, but the view is not static. Future astronauts will see the continents rotate in and out of view and the ever-changing pattern of clouds will always catch one’s eye , at least on the nearside. The Earth is never visible from the farside; imagine a sky with no Earth or moon - what will farside explorers think with no Earth overhead?”
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/…
Justin Hughes
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12/21/2015 at 16:49 |
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Party on, dude!
RallyWrench
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12/21/2015 at 16:55 |
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If only more people would take this perspective. Also, Wyld Stallyns!
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
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12/22/2015 at 00:01 |
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It’s you.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
12/22/2015 at 09:12 |
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Steamroller’s track is very appropriate for this image.