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

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

  3. 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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  4. 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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