Mountains snapped from space

Nic Name · 01-27-2002, 02:25 AM

Although this looks like a picture of a typical mountain range
shot from an airplane, this is what the Himalayas look like
out the window the International Space Station.

The picture was taken with a hand-held 35 mm camera
from 230 miles above the earth.

Dude111 · 12-08-2017, 10:12 AM

Thats amazing!!!!!!!

It doesnt look like it was taken SO FAR UP!! -- It does indeed look like someone in an airplane took it!!!

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Although it looks as if it was taken from a cruising aeroplane, it was actually snapped by a hand-held 35mm camera looking out of the ISS window at an altitude of 370 kilometres (230 miles) above the Earth.

Griff · 12-08-2017, 12:05 PM

So I missed that a decade and a half ago, nice find.

glatt · 12-08-2017, 02:16 PM

It's interesting archeology to see how small pictures were back then. Even when you click through to the link, it's a tiny picture.

Gravdigr · 12-08-2017, 02:24 PM

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Dhaulagiri, seventh-highest peak in the world (26,794 ft/8167 m), dominates the skyline in this image taken by the Expedition 1 crew from the International Space Station using a high-magnification lens. Although it looks like a view from a high-altitude airplane, the photograph was taken out of the window of the Space Station from an orbital altitude of 200 nautical miles (370 km).

The pic was taken with a Kodak DCS460 Electronic Still Camera, which is a tad more than your standard 35 mm camera, with an 800 mm focal length.

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Moar Info<--Gateway To Astronaut Photography Of Earth

Gravdigr · 12-08-2017, 02:26 PM

At the Moar Info link in my post, there is a 3060 x 1919 pixel (downloadable) version of the pic. Other sizes, also.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-08-2017, 02:39 PM

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Gravdigr · 12-08-2017, 02:45 PM

Like that.

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BigV · 12-08-2017, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It's interesting archeology to see how small pictures were back then. Even when you click through to the link, it's a tiny picture.

Dude.

It's *two-hundred and thirty miles* away. What were you expecting?

Dude111 · 12-10-2017, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Like that.

Looking at THAT large pic of it makes it look even more like IT WAS NOT TAKEN SO HIGH!!

Simply amazing!!!

Thank you........

Gravdigr · 12-12-2017, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Dude.

That's his name, don't wear it out.[/smartass]

01-27-2002, 02:25 AM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Mountains snapped from space Although this looks like a picture of a typical mountain range shot from an airplane, this is what the Himalayas look like out the window the International Space Station. The picture was taken with a hand-held 35 mm camera from 230 miles above the earth.

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