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by me2.0
Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The ISS from Above (2010 Mar 03)
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Re: APOD: The ISS from Above (2010 Mar 03)

Let us pick apart the picture. The little green dots near top center and the larger smeared dots in bottom left corner are clearly remants of taking the picture through a material like glass. But what of the pinkish and bluish smears? ISS orbits at a height between 278 km (173 mi) and 460 km (286 mi...