Awesome Images from Space

[CloudWolf]

I logged on to the BBC website today, and theres a great article about the new observation module on the International Space station The quality of the photo's that have been taken from it are really quite neat so I thought I'd share a few of them with you guys



More images like these can be found at:

http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMG2856JGG_index_mg_1.html

Dang, I love technology

 

[Cihparg]

You did notice that the last image is not from space rite?
But well, I like the fourth picture most

 

[CloudWolf]

You did notice that the last image is not from space rite?
But well, I like the fourth picture most

How so? :/ It could just be a pic taken from one of the many space-walks

 

[fladdermasken]

What on earth is that magnificent and appealing green light I spot?

 

[Nuclear]

 

[CloudWolf]

What on earth is that magnificent and appealing green light I spot?

according to the site, its the Aurora Australis

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

One of my dreams, maybe my biggest... it costs around 100,000 USD/(EUR?) I think to make even a 40 min trip in orbit as a tourist. I wanna go into space..

What's with all the lights? It looks unreal, almost like the SC2 planets megapolises where the whole planet is a city. It can't have so many lights. Pic 1 is Italy and South Europe, pic 2 is USA from what I see.

 

[mrzwach]

What's with all the lights? It looks unreal, almost like the SC2 planets megapolises where the whole planet is a city. It can't have so many lights. Pic 1 is Italy and South Europe, pic 2 is USA from what I see.

Probably taken on a mostly cloudless day. City lights are rather bright.

I love that picture of the southern lights.

 

[Nudl9]

All i can say is magnificent!
It looks almost surreal, as if taken from a sci-fi movie.
The city lights picture is pretty stunning.

 

[Tleno]

One of my dreams, maybe my biggest... it costs around 100,000 USD/(EUR?) I think to make even a 40 min trip in orbit as a tourist. I wanna go into space..

What's with all the lights? It looks unreal, almost like the SC2 planets megapolises where the whole planet is a city. It can't have so many lights. Pic 1 is Italy and South Europe, pic 2 is USA from what I see.

It costs four thousand dollars... oh sorry, wrong line. Anyway, I'm sure that like in 20-40 years there will be some space travel afordable.
Unless we'll waste all the natural resources or nuke ourselves before that (what is more possible).

The big cities are really so bright. They are so bright on all the space photos and satelite photos and oh come on, can I hear at least one sentence that doesn't have SC2 in it?

 

[Cihparg]

How so? :/ It could just be a pic taken from one of the many space-walks

The person has no space-suit on.
The "door" or what is it, is open.
There's nothing in the "space".
Just... Honestly, you can easily see its not from space, but from a studio.

Speaking of This Pic

 

[CloudWolf]

The person has no space-suit on.
The "door" or what is it, is open.
There's nothing in the "space".
Just... Honestly, you can easily see its not from space, but from a studio.

Speaking of This Pic

Still not convinced

The "doors" are in fact panels which cover the windows You'll notice that all the other windows round the sides also have small flaps which can cover them I'd guess its to protect the inhabitants from radiation or something

Regarding the background, I'd guess it's to do with light-pollution from an external light-source (e.g. the sun) You'll notice theres a lens flare on the image and some rays of light coming in from the top left hand side It's the same reason you can't see stars when your standing in a bright city at night The same thing is happening in this photo:

http://www.esa.int/images/iss024e012814.jpg

Finally, the photo was taken on the 9th May according to the website, which is months after the module had been installed to the ISS

Just speculation though, who really knows

 

[rcshaggy]

Like the fourth pic and it reminds me of a dark energy from someone.

 

[fladdermasken]

according to the site, its the Aurora Australis

Simply beautiful. I've actually seen the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis if you will, at some point many years back. Quite the display.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

Probably taken on a mostly cloudless day. City lights are rather bright.

I love that picture of the southern lights.

From a plane it's dark where there's no city and just bare land, this is too shiny like the entire continents have lights every 1km

I suppose light pollution as Cloudwolf also suggested. Whenever you take a picture of lights they may appear blurry or bigger and different shape then they are thus covering more area. E.g I once made a pic of Saturn through telescope lens and instead of disk with a ring in golden colors on the pic it looked like a golden curve drawn on MS paint nothing to do with a star or planet.

 

[Azndragon]

I wish to visit space and travel to other galaxies, find other inhabitable planets and find some mass effect 2 aliens before I reach the age of 20. Currently, I'm at the young age of 14.

Ah, the lights look like molten lava to my eyes.