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05-09-2013, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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Winnipesaukee from space
Chris Hadfield, Commander of the International Space Station, posted this photo he took of the East Coast today. I thought it was neat to see Winni from space.
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05-09-2013, 06:24 PM | #2 |
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Sorry to say..That's NOT Winni. That's Lake Ontario. ..Great lakes.. OK: Winni is a Spec way to the right....NB
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05-09-2013, 06:45 PM | #3 |
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Look over to the right....
Lake Winni is just to the left of a cloud bank that looks like a man with a big nose.
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05-09-2013, 07:15 PM | #4 |
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just wondering
Am I the only one that thinks that Winni looks like a lobster?
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05-09-2013, 09:23 PM | #7 |
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Great photo, but how was it taken TODAY, when we were socked-in with clouds and rain today down here in RI? looks like a pretty clear day here...
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05-09-2013, 11:24 PM | #8 |
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Posted today. I don't know when he actually took it. I just thought it was cool to see Winni from space from the perspective of a human flying over at 17,000 mph.
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I watch the ISS coverage often on NASA TV and the views are incredible, especially ones like this of the northeast USA. One interesting point, the Space Station is not "flying" as much as it is "free falling" towards Earth because of gravity. Very cool stuff.
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Block Island
Looks pretty big in this photo! I've cycled that island many times!
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http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/u6l4c.cfm All of those useful communications satellites are at a speed/altitude so that they orbit exactly once per day matching the earth's rotation hence "appear" to be parked in a fixed spot overhead. Of course the space station is in a much lower orbit and appears to zip along. |
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Imagine a tower 100 miles tall. At the top you throw a rock sideways at modest speed. The rock falls in a curved arc, getting steeper as gravity pulls the rock down. If you fire the rock out from a cannon, the rock lands farther out from the base of the tower. With the arm of Superman pitching the rock faster and faster each time, the curved arc the rock follows gets closer and closer to matching the curvature of the earth, until finally that magic speed is applied at which the match is perfect and the orbit is circular. At that point, the rock essentially is "falling around the earth." When the satellite is given a velocity greater than is needed for a circular orbit at that altitude, but less than "escape velocity," the orbit becomes elliptical. The speed decreases with distance from earth, then increases again as it returns to the closest point. If the initial velocity is less than needed for orbit at that altitude, the curved path is tighter than the curvature of the earth's surface, and the satellite never achieves orbit. Ummm, more than you wanted to know, I guess, but I couldn't help it. Now help me here. In the photo I don't see the state lines. Are they too narrow to show from that height? |
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Someone used an eraser to get rid of them.
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I can see my house!
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I changed the vantage point. I hope that makes it a bit easier for some folks to spot Winnipesaukee.
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I still don't see the mans face with the big nose as mentioned.
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I agree, but also saying it has a bad right claw.
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If I look closely, not only can I see my house, I can now see my boat!
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Oh you noticed those? That's not a rash, they are bite marks!
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