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Offline sam

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Flying through the aurora at 28,000 kph
« on: April 06, 2010, 14:16 »

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This may seriously be my favorite picture ever taken from space: the view from inside the International Space Station as it heads toward the aurora at 28,000 kilometers per hour

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/05/flying-through-the-aurora-at-28000-kph/
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Re: Flying through the aurora at 28,000 kph
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2010, 14:52 »
Shame all that space clutter got in the way of a good picture. ;)
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Re: Flying through the aurora at 28,000 kph
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2010, 15:09 »
That must have been the storm that hit Earth yesterday. You might have possibly seen that from Canada.   8-)
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Re: Flying through the aurora at 28,000 kph
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2010, 21:37 »
Very Star Trek Warp Factor.   8-)
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Re: Flying through the aurora at 28,000 kph
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2010, 01:52 »
Quote from: Clive on April 06, 2010, 15:09
That must have been the storm that hit Earth yesterday. You might have possibly seen that from Canada.   8-)

Well I might have but I didn't get back to Canada till 10.30pm after 30 hours or so of being awake.
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