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Urthecast Brings You Earth Images and Videos from the ISS (Video)
Most of us probably won't ever visit the International Space Station (ISS) and look down at the Earth (motto: "The only planet we know has beer, so let's not ruin it"). Looking at pictures and videos made by cameras mounted on the ISS is about as close as we're going to get. There's already an ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment on Ustream, but Urthecast is putting out higher-definition images than what you see on Ustream, and has plans to put out even clearer images and video before long. While Urthecast is likely to accumulate plenty of "oohs" and "aahhs" as it rolls along, according to CEO Scott Larson their real objective is to sell imagery -- and not necessarily just from the visible light band of the overall spectrum -- to industrial and government users. People like us are still invited to look at (and marvel at) lovely images of our planetary home.
NOTE: Today's video is about 4:30 long. If you want to watch and listen to more of Mr. Larson, we have a second "bonus" (Flash) video for you. Or you can read the transcript, which covers both videos.
NOTE: Today's video is about 4:30 long. If you want to watch and listen to more of Mr. Larson, we have a second "bonus" (Flash) video for you. Or you can read the transcript, which covers both videos.
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They lie.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/... You can change the resolution to 720p and not have the clutter.
Oops, guess this content isn't for me then. I uninstalled Flash years ago.
Instead, I'll just share my thoughts on beer.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
Does this thing search for golden showers in space?
What an unfortunate company name... A "urthecast" sounds more like a documentary about the voyage of a tiny camera making its way to your bladder.
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if not outright fabrication. No way that's Boston MA. The cars are moving in an orderly fashion and at reasonable speed.
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Just watched ISS transit over my house about an hour ago. I was excited when the HDEV stream first went online and I spent a day or so with one monitor showing nothing but that feed. But I had no idea that video like this could be captured from 250 miles up using commercial equipment. That's scary good resolution and stabilization for video, makes me wonder how far beyond "Enemy of the State" the US government is doing from their birds.
Allow me to add my vote that Urthecast is a name I find hard to parse properly.
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
Both the US space agency and the Chinese space agency have these troubling issues with their "space" footage: bubbles are seen escaping from the suits! This is evidence that the footage is being taken underwater, rather than in space. In fact, in one of the US space agency's "space walk" videos, a person wearing scuba equipment can be see hiding out in the hatch!
NASA lies. Once you know you're dealing with a liar, everything else they say is suspect.
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.