Neat pictures I've taken

Lamplighter · 07-26-2010, 12:16 AM

I agree, the moon tonight is spectacular, and I'm impressed at your steadiness of hand.
Here in PDX we have rain or clouds 7 or 8 months of the year, so the summertime night sky is quite a treat for us.

I am curious about something (astronomical).
In the Google Images pics below, the image on the right was taken in Iowa,
and the one on the left was taken by an observatory in Sydney, Australia.

But I was expecting that the view of the moon from "down under" would be a vertical rotation.
That is it would be an upside down view compared to what we see here in the US.
If not, why not ?

07-26-2010, 12:16 AM	#11
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I agree, the moon tonight is spectacular, and I'm impressed at your steadiness of hand. Here in PDX we have rain or clouds 7 or 8 months of the year, so the summertime night sky is quite a treat for us. I am curious about something (astronomical). In the Google Images pics below, the image on the right was taken in Iowa, and the one on the left was taken by an observatory in Sydney, Australia. But I was expecting that the view of the moon from "down under" would be a vertical rotation. That is it would be an upside down view compared to what we see here in the US. If not, why not ? Attached Images

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