Comments on: Where In The World (and What World) Is This? http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:14:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Phil Paine http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-19107 Phil Paine Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:52:57 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-19107 Hehe, Yup, Tim, it's very similar to Tibesti, and it had me puzzled, but the configuration of volcanoes is wrong. I didn't know about this patch of the Earth, and now I have to go there, too. I would love to see a feature length IMAX film that would start with such ISS shots, then zoom down to earth to show them at ground level. Steven Low's IMAX production team has shown that it can make true works of art. Hehe, Yup, Tim, it's very similar to Tibesti, and it had me puzzled, but the configuration of volcanoes is wrong. I didn't know about this patch of the Earth, and now I have to go there, too.

I would love to see a feature length IMAX film that would start with such ISS shots, then zoom down to earth to show them at ground level. Steven Low's IMAX production team has shown that it can make true works of art.

]]> By: Kootstar http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18338 Kootstar Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:31:02 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18338 My guess went something like this... 1. Too clear to be Jupiter. 2. Too many still well formed volcanic craters and one too recent for Mars. 3. One active area too recent (geologic time) for even Moon. 4. Gotta be Earth, but there I was stumped. Closest guess was maybe a Hawaii area. I was wrong, but it was fun trying! ;) My guess went something like this…
1. Too clear to be Jupiter.
2. Too many still well formed volcanic craters and one too recent for Mars.
3. One active area too recent (geologic time) for even Moon.
4. Gotta be Earth, but there I was stumped. Closest guess was maybe a Hawaii area. I was wrong, but it was fun trying! ;)

]]> By: quasidog http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18318 quasidog Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:37:18 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18318 I'm so jealous. I'm so jealous.

]]> By: David http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18280 David Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:34:50 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18280 For Nancy Atkinson--great article and a nice learning exercise as well! I started to guess Mars but then looked more closely at the erosion features! I hope you'll post other "brain teasers..." a great way for amateur astronomers to learn and pay attention to details. For Nancy Atkinson–great article and a nice learning exercise as well! I started to guess Mars but then looked more closely at the erosion features! I hope you'll post other "brain teasers…" a great way for amateur astronomers to learn and pay attention to details.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18273 Jorge Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:51:24 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18273 Pammie, my mother tongue is portuguese, and so is my daily linguistic environment. I'm allowed a few mistakes in english, especially when I'm writing at 4 in the morning, half asleep in my chair, right before I call it a day... or, better, a night. (Really, the time tag in comments should also show the time zone the commenter is in... and the comments should have a preview function. If Fraser also runs the show here in the software department, that might perhaps be something to consider implementing?) And, er... resolution? LOL. Girl (assuming you're a girl, which you seem to be; a rude, obnoxious, little girl), we've had pictures from Mars and some other places with a lot better resolution than this. Ever seen the martian rovers as a little more than dots in the martian landscape at the end of a mess of tracks? And what do you mean, extra-solar? You think we've had pics from other Earths revolving around other stars, eh? Sorry to disappoint you, but no, not just yet. Not for at the very least a handful of decades, especially if you want to see something more than pale tan dots. My advise to you: get over spelling and learn something about astronomy. Really. I'm constantly amazed at the amount of human spellcheckers that comment on this blog. This is called Universe Today, for crying out loud. Not Dictionary Today: Universe Today. Get the difference? Good jokes a-la tacitus above should keep coming in, though... ;) Pammie, my mother tongue is portuguese, and so is my daily linguistic environment. I'm allowed a few mistakes in english, especially when I'm writing at 4 in the morning, half asleep in my chair, right before I call it a day… or, better, a night.

(Really, the time tag in comments should also show the time zone the commenter is in… and the comments should have a preview function. If Fraser also runs the show here in the software department, that might perhaps be something to consider implementing?)

And, er… resolution? LOL. Girl (assuming you're a girl, which you seem to be; a rude, obnoxious, little girl), we've had pictures from Mars and some other places with a lot better resolution than this. Ever seen the martian rovers as a little more than dots in the martian landscape at the end of a mess of tracks? And what do you mean, extra-solar? You think we've had pics from other Earths revolving around other stars, eh? Sorry to disappoint you, but no, not just yet. Not for at the very least a handful of decades, especially if you want to see something more than pale tan dots.

My advise to you: get over spelling and learn something about astronomy. Really. I'm constantly amazed at the amount of human spellcheckers that comment on this blog. This is called Universe Today, for crying out loud. Not Dictionary Today: Universe Today. Get the difference?

Good jokes a-la tacitus above should keep coming in, though… ;)

]]> By: Tim Kyger http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18272 Tim Kyger Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:49:24 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18272 OK, *now* I have read the actual article. My bad. But pictures of Tibesti look just as strange. Check 'em out. OK, *now* I have read the actual article. My bad.

But pictures of Tibesti look just as strange. Check 'em out.

]]> By: Tim Kyger http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18271 Tim Kyger Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:47:17 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18271 They are the Tibesti range in northeastern Chad. And I knew that without looking it up, as a friend of mine in the early '80s visited there. He had first identified the place from overhead photos from NASA and said to himself, damn, that is *unearthly.* I've *got* to visit there. And he did. They are the Tibesti range in northeastern Chad.

And I knew that without looking it up, as a friend of mine in the early '80s visited there. He had first identified the place from overhead photos from NASA and said to himself, damn, that is *unearthly.* I've *got* to visit there.

And he did.

]]> By: Pammie Geertz http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18262 Pammie Geertz Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:43:10 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18262 And <b>Jorge</b>, that's <i>wonder</i>, not <i>wander</i>. And <i>wonderful</i>, not <i>wanderful</i>. But by all means, do continue your bloating. As for the picture, I guessed a desert, but no sense of geography. And Earth, only because the resolution didn't seem to indicate non-terrestrial or extra-solar. As for the spacecraft, I was wrong on the ISS. And Jorge, that's wonder, not wander. And wonderful, not wanderful. But by all means, do continue your bloating.

As for the picture, I guessed a desert, but no sense of geography. And Earth, only because the resolution didn't seem to indicate non-terrestrial or extra-solar.

As for the spacecraft, I was wrong on the ISS.

]]> By: AndyF http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18260 AndyF Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:19:01 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18260 "but you were wondering there for awhile" - should be "a while". Nearly as bad as "alot" "but you were wondering there for awhile" – should be "a while". Nearly as bad as "alot"

]]> By: tacitus http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18254 tacitus Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:09:00 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18254 Shame, I had such a good mental image of you bloating.... :) Wonderful photo, BTW Shame, I had such a good mental image of you bloating…. :)

Wonderful photo, BTW

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18250 Jorge Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:24:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18250 Er... that should have been "gloat"... Er… that should have been "gloat"…

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/15/where-in-the-world-and-what-world-is-this/comment-page-1/#comment-18249 Jorge Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:08:32 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=13655#comment-18249 Hate to bloat (not really), but no, I didn't wander for a minute. I immediately identified the craters as volcanic and the place as the Earth, somewhere. Didn't guess the spacecraft, though, nor did I know where exactly on Earth this place was until I read the post. Still, the photo is beautiful. Too bad the full-res pic is so low-res: it would have made a wanderful desktop wallpaper. Hate to bloat (not really), but no, I didn't wander for a minute. I immediately identified the craters as volcanic and the place as the Earth, somewhere. Didn't guess the spacecraft, though, nor did I know where exactly on Earth this place was until I read the post. Still, the photo is beautiful. Too bad the full-res pic is so low-res: it would have made a wanderful desktop wallpaper.

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