Canadarm2

Nic Name • Apr 16, 2002 7:36 pm
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STS110-E-5510 (13 April 2002) -- Some 240 miles above the blue and white Earth, astronaut
Jerry L. Ross works on the International Space Station during the mission's second spacewalk.
Towering above Ross is the station's robotic arm, or Canadarm2.

WOW high res 1.3 mb !!!
Torrere • Apr 16, 2002 11:33 pm
Blinks. A 1.3 megabyte JPEG!

Heh, tried to figure out how many pixels that would be, so I blew up a picture that I had... 3200x2400 (5.2 megapixels) came out to be 1.30 megs. My computer choked on that for a moment though =/
Nic Name • Apr 16, 2002 11:47 pm
The image is 3032 X 2064 pixels or 6,258,048 pixels.

Size 1406701 bytes.

I've set the high res image as my desktop background. On my 21" monitor, it makes me feel like I'm looking out a window of the space station.

The detail in the foreground images of the International Space Station and astronaut is so vivid it makes me feel acrophobic to view earth from 240 miles.

On the high res image, one can read the label on the arm, which reads:

MOTOR EVA

MAINT. ANGLES
ELBOW + 164
PITCH + 3
ROLL - 25
Nothing But Net • Apr 17, 2002 1:07 am
And just below that (or above, in this perspective) is a lever which is labeled 'MATE'.

I thought that thing seemed vaguely phallic :D
sleemanj • Apr 17, 2002 11:34 pm
Originally posted by Nothing But Net
And just below that (or above, in this perspective) is a lever which is labeled 'MATE'.

I thought that thing seemed vaguely phallic :D


At least it's wearing a glove.
Nic Name • May 2, 2002 12:39 pm
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Click on image to go to download page for high res 1.3 mb image, and others.