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Ya have to see this pic... Amazing... 8)
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Whoops... Ya might need a link... :shock:



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

 
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wow, and you can see a couple of icebergs under one astronaut's foot...possibly.
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Foggy bet ya to it spike look in the photograph section ;) :D .
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Whoops I didnt look in there... :?

Sowwy... 8)
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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.
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Oh well , while we are here look at this link...

Click on the Map for NASA pics all over the World... 8)

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

 
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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!
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Yeah i seen that in the paper yesterday and its very impressive.
But should this be in off topic section? ;)
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tornadoman18 wrote:But should this be in off topic section? ;)
Maybe but it looked like a mostly fine day in NZ that day... 8)

 
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I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM THERE! :D :D :D
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wow amazing pic it is amazing how you can see such details things from space these days
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NZ Herald on-line now has a special weather news section:

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