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GOES 14 First Image

#1 Postby Meso » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:28 am

I am almost certain there must be another post on this by now, but I looked and couldn't see... (I may just be blind)

But the GOES 14 (previously known as GOES O) 2 days ago released it's first full disk vis image. Looks good.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/3740 ... l_size.jpg

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Re: GOES 14 First Image

#2 Postby SEASON_CANCELED » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:31 am

That is so awesome . Really, our world is so small in the scheme of things.
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#3 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:08 am

BEAUTIFUL!
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Re: GOES 14 First Image

#4 Postby Frank2 » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:00 am

Yep, that's us all right (note the sun glint in the middle of the photo) - some days you can see the moon "over the Earth's shoulder" in that photo...

Many in the public forget (or don't know) that the geostationary satellites are actually 1/10 the distance to the moon...

It is amazing how we are able to keep our feet on the ground on something like the earth - you'd think we'd fall off...

LOL
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