ISS shows me something new
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On impulse I connected to the ISS live HD feed and, as the view was almost cloudless I waited a couple of minutes to come ashore in Namibia. Shortly I saw a strange thing: a large white area. This, it seems is Etsoha National Park[^]. First I heard of it. Not surprisingly, the white is a salt flat - a really big one. Image From Space[^] Real Time (almost) View[^] Real Time Location[^] Remember, half the time ISS is on the night side of the earth (90min orbits)
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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On impulse I connected to the ISS live HD feed and, as the view was almost cloudless I waited a couple of minutes to come ashore in Namibia. Shortly I saw a strange thing: a large white area. This, it seems is Etsoha National Park[^]. First I heard of it. Not surprisingly, the white is a salt flat - a really big one. Image From Space[^] Real Time (almost) View[^] Real Time Location[^] Remember, half the time ISS is on the night side of the earth (90min orbits)
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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This post made absolutely no sense until I realised you hadn't wrote "IIS"... :doh: :laugh:
Even worse, I thought he first wrote ISIS.
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Even worse, I thought he first wrote ISIS.
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On impulse I connected to the ISS live HD feed and, as the view was almost cloudless I waited a couple of minutes to come ashore in Namibia. Shortly I saw a strange thing: a large white area. This, it seems is Etsoha National Park[^]. First I heard of it. Not surprisingly, the white is a salt flat - a really big one. Image From Space[^] Real Time (almost) View[^] Real Time Location[^] Remember, half the time ISS is on the night side of the earth (90min orbits)
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Wow, I sometimes look for mindless, time-wasting activities when I don't feel like coding, (why else would I be here!) :laugh: but this tips the boredom scale! :zzz:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
Well - I suppose you can sit and stare and hope something happens. Others, keeping in mind the 90min orbit time AND the map showing past/present/future locations for ISS would let you predict when something's going to happen. Or, if you continue with your night-watch, you may luck out and be over a thunderstorm (which can look amazingly cool from the top). Well - I need to get back to watching a dandelion re-open and then hope for a stiff breeze.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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musefan wrote:
Death to the west
If only that were a relative term. I live in the West so those that are west of me, well, never mind. :-O
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Even worse, I thought he first wrote ISIS.
