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August 01-20-11 03:03 PM

Beautiful pics from the ISS
 
http://triggerpit.com/2010/11/22/inc...naut-wheelock/

Check it out.

TLAM Strike 01-20-11 03:12 PM

Love this photo!
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3...e4012dee9b.jpg

mookiemookie 01-20-11 03:14 PM

Those are outstanding pictures

Takeda Shingen 01-20-11 03:17 PM

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/...e6e36923_b.jpg

Key West looks like a real party town from there.

Betonov 01-20-11 03:18 PM

Outstanding :yeah:

Thanks August

Penguin 01-20-11 04:16 PM

beautiful and breathtaking, great link! :up:

Skybird 01-20-11 04:21 PM

[speechless]

(!!!) :D

Thanks for sharing that link, August.

Dowly 01-20-11 04:27 PM

For those who weren't aware and those who had forgotten, you can watch live feed from ISS on NASA's website, beautiful view. :up:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
(Live Space Station Video)

Wolfehunter 01-20-11 05:21 PM

Beautiful it is. :yeah:

the_tyrant 01-20-11 05:59 PM

awesome:yeah:

SgtPotato 01-20-11 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1578674)

Remind me of the intro of Mass Effect.

Sailor Steve 01-20-11 10:37 PM

Amazing stuff! Thanks for sharing these, Dave.

My favorite is Europe and Britain by night.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...g?t=1295581019

Stay out of the English Channel!

RickC Sniper 01-20-11 11:24 PM

WOW!

:rock:

claybirdd 01-21-11 12:18 AM

beautiful pictures but geez i didnt realise how low of an orbit the ISS is.:o

TLAM Strike 01-21-11 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by claybirdd (Post 1578949)
beautiful pictures but geez i didnt realise how low of an orbit the ISS is.:o

She is low enough that the atmosphere causes drag on her structure lowering her orbit. Every few months they have to push her up in her orbit with the Zvezda's main engines or with the engines of a docked spacecraft.


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