NASA IOTD: Western Europe at Night

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Re: NASA IOTD: Western Europe at Night

by owlice » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:17 pm

rstevenson wrote:The gravitational pull of all those M&Ms.
And this is why I can't really LMAO, darn it!

Re: NASA IOTD: Western Europe at Night

by rstevenson » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:54 pm

The gravitational pull of all those M&Ms.

Rob

Re: NASA IOTD: Western Europe at Night

by Beyond » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:45 pm

I'm always amazed at how thin the atmosphere is when viewed from above. It reminds me of the thin candy shell of an M&M, which is held in place because the candy solidifys into the shape of the M&M. But just what is it that keeps our atmosphere attached to our planet?

NASA IOTD: Western Europe at Night

by bystander » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:09 pm

Western Europe at Night
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 Jan 30
With hardware from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station appearing in the near foreground, a night time European panorama reveals city lights from Belgium and the Netherlands at bottom center. the British Isles partially obscured by solar array panels at left, the North Sea at left center, and Scandinavia at right center beneath the end effector of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System or Canadarm2. This image was taken by the station crew on Jan. 22, 2012.

Image Credit: NASA

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