Furtherman
07-18-2008, 09:07 AM
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/260354main_EPOXItimelapse3.jpg
This is what we would look like to an alien race passing by. Pretty cool, eh?
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MEcqWuYqrSo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MEcqWuYqrSo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
First, the setup. The Deep Impact spacecraft was the one that smacked a chunk of copper into a comet so that we could see what materials were below the surface. After the impact, the spacecraft kept going (with the mission renamed EPOXI), and it’s being used to do all sorts of interesting observations.
In late May, 2008, it turned its cameras back to Earth and observed us over the course of a several hours. During this time, from EPOXI’s point of view, the Moon passed directly in front of the Earth!
Moon transits Earth (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/17/holy-frak-moon-transits-earth/)
This is what we would look like to an alien race passing by. Pretty cool, eh?
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MEcqWuYqrSo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MEcqWuYqrSo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
First, the setup. The Deep Impact spacecraft was the one that smacked a chunk of copper into a comet so that we could see what materials were below the surface. After the impact, the spacecraft kept going (with the mission renamed EPOXI), and it’s being used to do all sorts of interesting observations.
In late May, 2008, it turned its cameras back to Earth and observed us over the course of a several hours. During this time, from EPOXI’s point of view, the Moon passed directly in front of the Earth!
Moon transits Earth (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/17/holy-frak-moon-transits-earth/)