Now that's a nice texture!

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:44 pm

She's a beauty, ain't she?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/sizes/o/

8000x8000 (takes a while to load!)

Gimi · Post by **Gimi** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:24 pm

Very nice, but how about one with Europe in focus.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:29 pm

Gimi wrote:
Very nice, but how about one with Europe in focus.

Have to get ESA rather than NASA to take that picture!

Website · Post by **Cody** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:33 pm

I still reckon that the original Blue Marble image, taken by the Apollo 17 crew, has the most 'wow' factor!

snork · Post by **snork** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:41 pm

sadly it is not a usable texture.

Don't know, does NASA provide some "unfolded" Earth (and other planets) textures ?

Pluisje · Post by **Pluisje** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:07 pm

My google-sense says yes: nasa textures

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:16 pm

DaddyHoggy wrote:
Have to get ESA rather than NASA to take that picture!

No-one “took” the picture, it’s a composite. There aren’t any cameras that good that far out. :-)

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