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Just thought this was cool:

Quote:NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite snapped a photo of the far side of the moon, which is never visible to us on Earth, as it crossed in front of our planet last month — and the result is beautiful. The agency used the satellite’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), which monitors the fully illuminated side of the earth for ozone, vegetation, cloud height, and the composition of the atmosphere, and which will begin regular observations in September.

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“It is surprising how much brighter Earth is than the moon,” said Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a statement. “Our planet is a truly brilliant object in dark space compared to the lunar surface.”

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/21178...asa-photos

If you visit the article you can see a larger version of the photo.

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So there are no aliens/Nazis/whatever the History Channel told me on the dark side of the moon?

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(08-13-2015 09:54 PM)wi30 Wrote:  So there are no aliens/Nazis/whatever the History Channel told me on the dark side of the moon?

They're inside the moon at this point, Shitlord!

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(08-13-2015 10:01 PM)Geomann180 Wrote:  

(08-13-2015 09:54 PM)wi30 Wrote:  So there are no aliens/Nazis/whatever the History Channel told me on the dark side of the moon?

They're inside the moon at this point, Shitlord!

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Well duh, obviously. I was throwing everyone off the trail of the Illuminati who mediated the Nazi-Grey treaty of 2006 to allow underground construction.

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When I first saw this, I thought that someone had copied and pasted a picture of the moon over a picture of the Earth in MS Paint.

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There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.

(08-13-2015 10:03 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

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In case anyone is wondering why there are odd color rings around the moon, it is because the imager takes shots at different wavelengths that are composited into the final image. Because all of the objects are moving, and the shots are not taken simultaneously, the images don't align perfectly.

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Q: Why does is one side of the moon always dark?

A: Because Little Dark was there.

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(08-23-2015 09:15 AM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:  Q: Why does is one side of the moon always dark?

A: Because Little Dark was there.

That's a terrible joke.

I laughed.

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