stark contrast
Posted by andromeda on January 30th, 2009 filed in Cool Shite, politics2 important bill signings. 2 different presidents. the contrast is amazing.
thanks to jill at feministe.us for posting these pictures.
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Nasa Image
Orbital Sunrise
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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January 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Aaaah. The link isn’t loading. I’d love to see this!!
January 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
yeah, it won’t load for me now either. i got the link from offsprung, i think ruth posted it in the topic by JTC about the ledbetter fair pay act. you might try it there.