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If NASA can release such a crisp clear image of Mercury why the crappy Moon images | |
| Painos Offer Upgrade  User ID: 735412  Australia07/27/2009 06:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 735689  France07/27/2009 06:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You mean you don't understand why NASA didn't release the at least 104,259 photos they made of the moon? [link to en.wikipedia.org] I don't see why... Everything is perfectly normal. |
| ^ºFEEDº^ User ID: 496955  United Kingdom07/27/2009 07:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Casual Observer User ID: 735270  United States07/27/2009 07:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Painos (OP) User ID: 735412 Australia07/27/2009 07:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It might have something to do with the quality of photography back in the 60's & 70's compared to more current photographic technology. Quoting: Casual Observer 735270what about the LRO its there now still we get useless pics. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 735689 France07/27/2009 07:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It might have something to do with the quality of photography back in the 60's & 70's compared to more current photographic technology. Quoting: Casual Observer 735270Like they must not have taken new HQ photos since then... of course not... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 735270 United States07/27/2009 07:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It might have something to do with the quality of photography back in the 60's & 70's compared to more current photographic technology. Quoting: Painoswhat about the LRO its there now still we get useless pics. I haven't seen any of the new LRO pics, but one reason Mercury pics might appear so crisp is because it's close proximity to the Sun. No lighting issues where as the Moon is considerably further from the Sun. Good question though. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 589518 Australia07/27/2009 07:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why do loads of plants look battered in large craters, and the earth hardly has any? Is it to do with our atmosphere burning them up before they hit? Quoting: ^ºFEEDº^Partly. But mostly because we have erosion on this planet. Mars and Mercury and the moon are mostly dead worlds, without plate movement and the forces of seas and rivers to reshape things. When you get below the cloud cover of Venus, it's very smooth, almost no recent craters, because of the thick atmosphere and it has active volcanos. |
| ^ºFEEDº^ User ID: 496955 United Kingdom07/27/2009 07:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why do loads of plants look battered in large craters, and the earth hardly has any? Is it to do with our atmosphere burning them up before they hit? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 589518Partly. But mostly because we have erosion on this planet. Mars and Mercury and the moon are mostly dead worlds, without plate movement and the forces of seas and rivers to reshape things. When you get below the cloud cover of Venus, it's very smooth, almost no recent craters, because of the thick atmosphere and it has active volcanos. Thanks AC - I have always wondered why it was - ta :) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 705842 United States07/27/2009 07:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There are indeed impact craters on earth, but many less than the moon due to our atmosphere and active erosion agents. Here is a list... [link to en.wikipedia.org] |
| z0mbee User ID: 732648 United Kingdom07/27/2009 07:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If this is the type of images NASA is taking of Planets why the shitty blurry crappy moon pics. Maybe there really is stuff on the moon. Quoting: Painoscheck the link for a oct 2008 image of mercury make sure you click picture for a close up look [link to photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov] What 'shitty blurry crappy' moon pics are you actually referring to? Last time i checked, we're hardly short on awesomely clear photos of the moon. |
| raxx User ID: 658249  Netherlands07/27/2009 07:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 716627 United States07/27/2009 07:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| z0mbee User ID: 732648 United Kingdom07/27/2009 07:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So why hasn't NASA gotten aroud to taking pictures of the Apollo landing sites? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 716627Funny, that - i could've sworn that LRO took pictures of the Apollo landing sites last week, in low resolution, and will be taking very high-res ones in the next few weeks. Of course, the hoax-believers will simply claim that they are 'shopped. |
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| SunSpot User ID: 360642 United States07/27/2009 06:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If this is the type of images NASA is taking of Planets why the shitty blurry crappy moon pics. Maybe there really is stuff on the moon. Quoting: Painoscheck the link for a oct 2008 image of mercury make sure you click picture for a close up look [link to photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov] Only blurry because they're zooming in on the Moon landers. Play around with some of these images; they have far better resolution than the Mercury images: [link to wms.lroc.asu.edu] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 554968 United States07/27/2009 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If this is the type of images NASA is taking of Planets why the shitty blurry crappy moon pics. Maybe there really is stuff on the moon. Quoting: SunSpotcheck the link for a oct 2008 image of mercury make sure you click picture for a close up look [link to photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov] Only blurry because they're zooming in on the Moon landers. Play around with some of these images; they have far better resolution than the Mercury images: [link to wms.lroc.asu.edu] these are great... thanks for posting...  |
