From the Moon to Earth in HD

Lucas123 writes "The Japan Space Agency's Kaguya spacecraft is currently orbiting the moon and its equipment is being tested in preparation for its real mission to map the moon with high-definition images later this month. Almost as an afterthought, the space craft has recreated one of the most memorable photos in the history of spaceflight — an Earth-rise from lunar orbit."

Comments

a bit misleading

[192939495969798999]

i thought it might have HD time-lapse of the earth rising... instead it just has some composite images of same at smaller resolution. I was all ready with my 2001-2010 quotes and music and everything!

These are fake!

[Mad-cat]

These are obvious fakes! Everyone knows the moon doesn't exist and was just made as a fake destination so America could fake a landing on its surface to beat the Soviets!

Top that crazy conspiracy theory!

Re:Apollo

[Zordak]

I'm curious if they'll be able to see the Apollo landing sites.

That thing has some pretty impressive cameras, but I don't think it's good enough to take hi-res pictures of Arizona.

Re:Earth doesn't move

[MojoStan]

http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/essential/earthspace/session7/closer1.html
Orbital period (days) 27.32166
Rotational period (days) 27.32166
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm

The moon has about 13 days a year.

I think you'd increase your slash-cred if you explained it using a Futurama quote:

• Leela: Our car broke down and we're low on oxygen. Can we borrow some?
  Moon farmer: Borry? Listen here, city girl. You can't just borry oxygen. Oxygen doesn't grow on trees. You'll have to work it off doing chores on my hydroponic farm. You can return to your precious park at sun-up.
  Fry: I guess we can do chores for a few hours.
  Leela: Night lasts two weeks on the moon.
  Moon farmer: Yep, goes down to minus-173 degrees.
  Fry: Celsius or Fahrenheit?
  Moon farmer: First one, then the other.