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Jerryyyy, Earth is a planet!
I’ll need Jerry Smith’s opinion on this one
We are not a celestial dwarf. Earth is a planet.
happy cake day!
Aside from all else, the first image was taken on film lit by daylight, the second was shot on digital at high ISO lit by moonlight with a little sunlight at one edge
Moonlight doesn’t have the same colour rendering quality as sunlight
Thanks for the info, that’s awesome! Based on the quality of the image, I’d guess this was a specialized camera designed to have a broader range of sensitivity. Do you know if that’s right or did they just use a nice DSLR?
Also, the first image has been corrected for rayleigh scattering, either algorithmically or artistically. The second image does not appear to have been corrected. It looks similar to what we get from geostationary satellites prior to performing rayleigh scattering correction.
There is a much higher quality version of the second image on NASA’s website. I think the reason the second image has so much colour ranges because it was taken in log, but that’s just a normal SLR camera feature. I think there’s even a way of getting my phone to take pictures in log, it just uses a lot of memory so it’s not on by default
It’s a Nikon D5, the shot is at 52k ISO.
Completely different landmasses as well!
Kubrick, we’re onto you
with higher gravity it might shrink.
Best I can do is more gravitas in my Lemmy comments. not sure it’s enough for the planet to collapse but I can try, if there’s a chance of it ending our current conundrum
No wonder it feels more crowded
It’s getting old, I guess /s
This helps explain why days seem shorter as we age, the Earth is spinning faster due to the conservation of angular momentum. The days are literally shorter.
Shhh! Don’t let Big Clock know that we are on to them.
fun fact, days have actually been getting longer pretty much since formation of earth (well moon to be correct). reason iirc is that moon is slowly moving away from earth, and this results in some dynamics changing and as a result earth spins slower. like billions of years ago, it was closer to 23 hours.
ps - very rusty memory right now, should have skipped writing instead of half borked fact
You’re correct. There are more factors involved too, including climate change, since more ice melting means more water as well, moving the mass away from poles to the center to also be affected by the mind pull too.
All the factors end up changing things by about a millisecond per century. The effect is akin to a spinning figure skater having their arms up over their head vs directly out from their body.
Also looks much more sickly (yes, its because they pumped up the brightness lol)
Plus, that 2d image makes it look flat, like a penny.
“Ha! I knew the Earth was flat!”
Knowledge is power!
Good to know it’s still a flat disc
And gravity!!
Amazing how the countries side over it?
It’s cold out there in space.
Don’t they know about shrinkage?
Where did Africa go?? 😧
Well that’s what happens when you leave it out in the sun
No I think it’s because it’s cold in space
Nuh uh
There was shrinkage!
It’s because we’re looking at a different side of the planet in the second photo.
Yet but still if you superimpose the second image over the first you’ll see the whole planet had gotten smaller.
In this age of misinformation I realize I can no longer determine if something is a joke.
I am joking.
Thank you. I thought you were but I genuinely had to correct myself and think ‘But what if they’re not joking?’.
I’m tired.
No, I get that. That’s only because we’re looking at a different side. It’s the same size on the other
