Undertoad Thursday Feb 10 01:57 PM2/10/2005: Aurora from space again
IotD has had auroras from satellite composite shots before, but this new one xoxoxoBruce sends along is European, and a beaut. It's also another nice nighttime sky image, except that it's largely obscured by clouds.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Feb 10 08:08 PMWales must have gone to bed.
tw Thursday Feb 10 09:36 PM
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... but this new one xoxoxoBruce sends along is European, and a beaut. It's also another nice nighttime sky image, except that it's largely obscured by clouds.
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We don't always get to see the photographer. This (or its sister) would be the bird that took those pictures.
Bird before it flies
Wombat Thursday Feb 10 09:41 PMThat bird looks buggered. And Wales doesn't have electrickery yet.
Elspode Thursday Feb 10 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by tw
We don't always get to see the photographer. This (or its sister) would be the bird that took those pictures.
Bird before it flies
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Definitely not this one...this one fell off of the test stand, causing quite a stir. It was...well...broken.
Wormfood Friday Feb 11 03:21 AMI didn't realize there where that many oilriggs out in Northern sea
between Norway and Britain... or is it Atlantis
grazzers Friday Feb 11 04:43 AMHey, you can see my home city of Aberdeen on there! Furthest north blob of light in Britain.
What date was that photo taken, because i saw an aurora from my house on the 21st January. Wasn't exactly spectacular, just a pale green glow to the North, but the first aurora i've ever seen from 16 years living here.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Feb 11 05:02 AMThat date is about right, grazzers.
Welcome to the Cellar.
tw Friday Feb 11 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Definitely not this one...this one fell off of the test stand, causing quite a stir. It was...well...broken.
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I believe that bird made it to the launch pad nine months later. Launch windows are difficult to come by and rarely missed. Satellites are internally quite robust. If I remember the numbers, everything must withstand up to 6 Gs in all three dimensions to withstand the extremes of launch. Outside of some external (and replaced) parts, that bird could have been launched - after some expediting and overtime.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Feb 11 09:42 PM
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after some expediting and overtime.
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Yeah, mo money, mo money.
russotto Monday Feb 14 10:50 AMApparently Odin lives in Iceland and is pretty ticked at Norway.
(or is that Greenland?)
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