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Most Detailed Image Of Earth Yet

Posted by Hemos on from the lookin'-purty dept.

TomDM writes "BBC News has a story on how scientists created the most accurate and detailed image of our planet yet, composing the image from satellite data, and adjusting it for the correct colours. "

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  1. Nice picture by Trogre · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cool, I can see my house!

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  2. And yet... by zpengo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And yet, instead of showing the actual image, they decide to give us "A typical view of our planet" (probably because they had the clipart handy).

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  3. I can see my House from here. by JojoCoco · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pretty impressive stuff.

  4. Hey by NitsujTPU · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They just ran apt-get to get it! Didn't they?

  5. Hey, Joe by zpengo · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Bill: Hey, Joe, why is this .TIFF file a rectangle? I thought the earth was roughly spherical...

    Joe: Uh-oh...better call the boss.

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  6. But of course .. by OzPeter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Even with this map, most people from the USA still won't be able to find Australia.

    It's Australia dammit, not Austria.

    They are in the northern hemisphere,
    We are in the southern hemisphere.

    They are in a continent,
    We are a continent.

    They have mountains,
    We have Kangaroos (Mmmm .. delicious :-)

    And we won the 1km mens short track skating gold! And the womens aerial!

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  7. bakayo by lhdentra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah, go stick your head in a pig.

    1. Re:bakayo by tplayford · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      possibly, but will there be cheese?

      I like cheese

    2. Re:bakayo by tplayford · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Ha Troll! to you too.

      UNDERAGE DRINKING! Quick Quick call the police

    3. Re:bakayo by lhdentra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      IT WAS YOU!

      That's it, I can't take this any more...

      Here I go...

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      AIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

      The light, it hurts my eyes

    4. Re:bakayo by tplayford · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Well i have the CCTV video, which can be downloaded from open.gov.uk along with the footage of his MI6 interigation, it's very funny :)

    5. Re:bakayo by lhdentra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yeah, along with last year's "star of england's cheese festival" footage that should make pretty good viewing.

    6. Re:bakayo by tplayford · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yeah it's great, I was the star attraction. I had a limo and everything. I got tones (literally) of free cheese!! :)

    7. Re:bakayo by lhdentra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Well, I hope someone kiss mints you all the way to southend

    8. Re:bakayo by tplayford · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      HA! well that's where your wrong!

      This cheese was specially designed not to give bad breath. So there!

  8. Re:Scientists where... by geekoid · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am surprised you can use a computer, yet you don't know what the word bitch means.

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