12/7/2002: Earth as art

Undertoad · 12-07-2002, 12:04 PM

ndetroit sent this along, thanks!

From This CNN story, the Library of Congress has an exhibit going on, in which out of 400,000 satellite images of the Earth, they selected 41 of them just for their artistic quality or beauty.

At the bottom of the story are two links. One to NASA, one to the USGS. At the NASA site you can browse the earth and find gigantic TIFF images to download; at the USGS site you can find much more useful sizes, many ready to be wallpaper, and you can also order them as poster-sized prints. (For only $30. Interesting holiday idea? Maybe get it framed? Hmmm.)

So, shown above are salt flats in the largest desert in Iran.

wah · 12-08-2002, 01:50 PM

I've always been a fan of <a href="http://www.quantumphilosophy.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=634&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0">Slartibartfast's work</a>. It's good to see he's getting a wider audience.

Uryoces · 12-09-2002, 05:26 PM

Have you seen my Fjords?? ... I won an award for them ...

Torrere · 12-09-2002, 05:46 PM

There are a lot of really cool pictures in there, and the descriptions are interesting. I wish I knew how to interpret picture of "The Optimist" however. I see the red dot, but what is with the striations and the color scheme?

btw; I tried to zoom in on the fjords and find Slartibartfast's name, but I couldn't find it. I think the resolution on these pictures just sucks.

Edit: I dislike the USGS site because it usually doesn't provide information and it doesn't have larger sizes (in an easy to access way). I dislike the NASA site for having only really small thumbnails and big pictures, I like the sizes on USGS for browsing. It's very hard to use them in synchrony, because they are organized differently. Urg!

Hubris Boy · 12-10-2002, 02:40 AM

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Originally posted by Uryoces
Have you seen my Fjords?? ... I won an award for them ...

Slartibartfast! Where have you been? How's the weather on Magrathea?

Griff · 12-10-2002, 12:15 PM

Here's another perspective on our cozy little planet.

elSicomoro · 12-10-2002, 12:18 PM

That was awesome Griff! Amazing!

wah · 12-10-2002, 12:35 PM

wow, griff, that is awesome. It gives a good feel for the same thing that is <a href="http://www.amnh.org/rose/index.html">demonstrated in this building</a>...and at much less the price. Very cool.

I'll put it on my site, as soon as the bastard comes back up.

12-07-2002, 12:04 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/7/2002: Earth as art ndetroit sent this along, thanks! From This CNN story, the Library of Congress has an exhibit going on, in which out of 400,000 satellite images of the Earth, they selected 41 of them just for their artistic quality or beauty. At the bottom of the story are two links. One to NASA, one to the USGS. At the NASA site you can browse the earth and find gigantic TIFF images to download; at the USGS site you can find much more useful sizes, many ready to be wallpaper, and you can also order them as poster-sized prints. (For only $30. Interesting holiday idea? Maybe get it framed? Hmmm.) So, shown above are salt flats in the largest desert in Iran.

12-09-2002, 05:46 PM	#4
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	There are a lot of really cool pictures in there, and the descriptions are interesting. I wish I knew how to interpret picture of "The Optimist" however. I see the red dot, but what is with the striations and the color scheme? btw; I tried to zoom in on the fjords and find Slartibartfast's name, but I couldn't find it. I think the resolution on these pictures just sucks. Edit: I dislike the USGS site because it usually doesn't provide information and it doesn't have larger sizes (in an easy to access way). I dislike the NASA site for having only really small thumbnails and big pictures, I like the sizes on USGS for browsing. It's very hard to use them in synchrony, because they are organized differently. Urg! Last edited by Torrere; 12-09-2002 at 06:43 PM.

12-10-2002, 12:15 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Here's another perspective on our cozy little planet. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-08-2002, 01:50 PM	#2
wah Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	I've always been a fan of <a href="http://www.quantumphilosophy.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=634&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0">Slartibartfast's work</a>. It's good to see he's getting a wider audience.

12-09-2002, 05:26 PM	#3
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	Have you seen my Fjords?? ... I won an award for them ...

12-10-2002, 12:18 PM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	That was awesome Griff! Amazing!

12-10-2002, 12:35 PM	#8
wah Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	wow, griff, that is awesome. It gives a good feel for the same thing that is <a href="http://www.amnh.org/rose/index.html">demonstrated in this building</a>...and at much less the price. Very cool. I'll put it on my site, as soon as the bastard comes back up.

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