Space View of NZ

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Tue 19/12/2006 20:54

Ya have to see this pic... Amazing...

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Tue 19/12/2006 20:55

Whoops... Ya might need a link...

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1653 ... s_full.jpg

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sw_windbow · Unread post by **sw_windbow** » Tue 19/12/2006 21:00

wow, and you can see a couple of icebergs under one astronaut's foot...possibly.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 19/12/2006 21:06

Foggy bet ya to it spike look in the photograph section

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Cheers
Jason.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Tue 19/12/2006 21:23

Whoops I didnt look in there...

Sowwy...

dogmelon · Unread post by **dogmelon** » Tue 19/12/2006 21:31

Don't we just love ourselves. It is a pity that arm thing to the right of wellington didn't come down and crush helengrad.

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Tue 19/12/2006 21:31

Oh well , while we are here look at this link...

Click on the Map for NASA pics all over the World...

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/Clickmap/default.htm

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RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Tue 19/12/2006 22:18

dogmelon wrote:Don't we just love ourselves. It is a pity that arm thing to the right of wellington didn't come down and crush helengrad.

Speak for yourself! You sound like an embittered supporter of a certain nameless party that's not currently in power....

Edit: Reply made because I object to people trying to insert political comment where it has no relevance!

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Tue 19/12/2006 23:17

Yeah i seen that in the paper yesterday and its very impressive.
But should this be in off topic section?

spike_01 · Unread post by **spike_01** » Wed 20/12/2006 07:32

tornadoman18 wrote:But should this be in off topic section?

Maybe but it looked like a mostly fine day in NZ that day...

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Andrew Massie · Unread post by **Andrew Massie** » Wed 20/12/2006 08:40

I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM THERE!

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Wed 20/12/2006 10:19

wow amazing pic it is amazing how you can see such details things from space these days

jrj · Unread post by **jrj** » Wed 20/12/2006 10:22

NZ Herald on-line now has a special weather news section:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/index.cfm?c_id=104

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Wed 20/12/2006 11:25

sw_windbow wrote:wow, and you can see a couple of icebergs under one astronaut's foot...possibly.

I reckon you are on the ball there....the Geonet website plots the icebergs in that general vicinity. I'm surprised the media hasn't made that link!

sw_windbow · Unread post by **sw_windbow** » Wed 20/12/2006 12:02

Razor wrote:
sw_windbow wrote:wow, and you can see a couple of icebergs under one astronaut's foot...possibly.
I reckon you are on the ball there....the Geonet website plots the icebergs in that general vicinity. I'm surprised the media hasn't made that link!

To be fair I stole the idea from James in the other thread. Seems like an iceberg would reflect a lot of light, and even objects as small as they must be by now would stand out in the dull blue sea.

Another feature I like is Red Hill below Nelson. It is a flagwaving mutation in the genes of the South Island's geological evolution, as I understand it, and man doesn't it look out of place. Looks like it dropped in from Aus.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Wed 20/12/2006 12:51

sw_windbow wrote:
Another feature I like is Red Hill below Nelson. It is a flagwaving mutation in the genes of the South Island's geological evolution, as I understand it, and man doesn't it look out of place. Looks like it dropped in from Aus.

Not from Oz- Mt Aspiring/ Fiordland actually. Thats where you find the other half of the Red Hills mountains....at the other end of the Apline Fault conveyer belt.

Kinda scary to think about really!

dogmelon · Unread post by **dogmelon** » Wed 20/12/2006 21:16

It makes the distances between the places you like to drive between look so small yet it takes ages driving in a car. Very interesting.