Flyby of the Moon in HD

AngusJS · 06-05-09, 07:59 PM

Courtesy of the Kaguya spacecraft

UnderseaLcpl · 06-05-09, 08:39 PM

Nice.

Too bad they didn't get the Apollo landing site in there.

Sea Demon · 06-05-09, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Nice.

Too bad they didn't get the Apollo landing site in there.

Oh come on. The Kaguya spacecraft didn't actually go there. This is computer generated imagery. J/K

In all seriousness, this is an incredible view of the moon. I was hoping that the view would be forward, in the direction of orbital motion so we could perhaps get an Earth rising shot. Awesome....thanks for sharing.

UnderseaLcpl · 06-06-09, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon

Oh come on. The Kaguya spacecraft didn't actually go there. This is computer generated imagery. J/K

It actually does look like CGI. I assume that is due to the lack of any light-scattering medium, though.

AngusJS · 06-06-09, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon

Oh come on. The Kaguya spacecraft didn't actually go there. This is computer generated imagery. J/K

In all seriousness, this is an incredible view of the moon. I was hoping that the view would be forward, in the direction of orbital motion so we could perhaps get an Earth rising shot. Awesome....thanks for sharing.

Earthrise

Earthset

Sailor Steve · 06-08-09, 01:41 PM

Awesome footage.

Sea Demon · 06-08-09, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AngusJS

Earthrise

Earthset

Great footage. I didn't try to search for more vids. Thanks for doing the leg work. I owe ya' one. Awesome stuff here.

Stealth Hunter · 06-09-09, 05:43 AM

Awesome stuff man. It's a barren place out there, isn't it? Subjected to pretty much all the hostilities space can offer; voided of life, almost 240000 miles away (and slowing moving away at about an inch a year), and what I find to be the most amazing is that it was part of the Earth nearly 4 billion years ago.

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AngusJS Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 746 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Flyby of the Moon in HD Courtesy of the Kaguya spacecraft

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UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice. Too bad they didn't get the Apollo landing site in there. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Awesome footage. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Awesome stuff man. It's a barren place out there, isn't it? Subjected to pretty much all the hostilities space can offer; voided of life, almost 240000 miles away (and slowing moving away at about an inch a year), and what I find to be the most amazing is that it was part of the Earth nearly 4 billion years ago.