How are the photos from all the other space stations around the world explained?

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zavin

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There are photos taken by other countries other than nasa, how are those photos explained of the globe earth.. And if they are fake, what do they achieve in doing so...
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wise

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There are photos taken by other countries other than nasa, how are those photos explained of the globe earth.. And if they are fake, what do they achieve in doing so...
Thanks
Hello zavin.

I guess you mean space agencies in other countries. Because country can not take a picture but space agencies do.

Space agencies are found in other countries by knowhow of NASA. In other say, NASA has created space agencies in other countries and let people work there only cooperated with itself. In very short time ago, Turkish space agency has been created. And as we  can estimate, it has been created by NASA.

In other say, space agencies in other countries are not belong those countries but belongs to NASA. Hence, they claim what NASA claim. They fake what NASA fakes. They are slaves of NASA in a way. Money talks in short. Additionally those agencies are used by NASA to troll the people in that country and steal money of their tax payers.
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Solarwind

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You say money talks...so how do all these space agencies around the world earn anything out of taking these 'faked' photos? 

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This is Q&A. Asked, answered. It is not Q&A Q&A Q&A Q&A. Try to use somewehere alse fit to constant asking.
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Solarwind

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Not exactly the answer I was after but fair enough...

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tradosaurus

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You say money talks...so how do all these space agencies around the world earn anything out of taking these 'faked' photos?

If these "space" agencies are like NAZA their funding comes from taxpayers (you and me).  So we are strongarmed into funding science fiction.

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I'll just share my thoughts. I 've considetred for a long time that perhaps there is somemisunderstood or unexplained/unlabeled phenomenon that simply makes earth look round from space.
 
However i have my doubts because there is one (two?) popular release from NASA which shows africa (also one of the carribean?) a lot larger than they're size in other photos - idicating some fisheye lense distorting the edges. Someone with enough time and dedication could analyze the curvature/distortion in the photo, but good look finding that info. And just the fact that it is presented as it is, as a pic of the earth from space.

Also, the preponderance of photos depicting the gulf of mexico/the carribean promoted front and center i find suspect.
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I'll just share my thoughts. I 've considetred for a long time that perhaps there is somemisunderstood or unexplained/unlabeled phenomenon that simply makes earth look round from space.

The Earth doesn't just look round, it's been measured to be round using many techniques. No single explanation can account for all of these, except that the Earth is round.

However i have my doubts because there is one (two?) popular release from NASA which shows africa (also one of the carribean?) a lot larger than they're size in other photos - idicating some fisheye lense distorting the edges. Someone with enough time and dedication could analyze the curvature/distortion in the photo, but good look finding that info. And just the fact that it is presented as it is, as a pic of the earth from space.

The difference in continent sizes is easily explained.  It's simply that the closer you are to a curved surface, the less you can see.

You can do this in your home, just find something large and round, take a picture of it as close as you can, then back far away and take another.

You will see that in the picture from further away, you see more of the sides that are hidden in the closeup.

So the answer simply is, some pictures are taken up close, some by satellites further away.

Also, the preponderance of photos depicting the gulf of mexico/the carribean promoted front and center i find suspect.

As for why some pictures are promoted more than others, the simplest explanation to me is they just pick images that look nice to showcase. Most Americans also don't know much about world geography so NASA shows them pictures of a continent they will recognize.

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Money talks in short. Additionally those agencies are used by NASA to troll the people in that country and steal money of their tax payers.
Except there is no money in faking space, as it would cost far too much to fake.

Also, are they being paid by NASA?
If not, how does NASA control them?
If so, how does NASA make any money (after its already negative amount from what it needs to fake)?


However i have my doubts because there is one (two?) popular release from NASA which shows africa (also one of the carribean?) a lot larger than they're size in other photos - idicating some fisheye lense distorting the edges.
You mean they are photos (or renderings from a compilation) taken from a vastly different distnace.
You can take a photo on Earth and have Africa more than cover the entire visible region.
As you get further away from a sphere, you can see more of it and thus an object on it appears smaller in proportion.
You can do this with a sphere yourself. Go draw a few circles on it (akin to the lines of latitude on Earth) and hold it up to your eye and see how large those circles appear (at least the ones you can see), then move it further away and see how those circles appear to get smaller by proportion.
Even better than using your eye would be to use a camera with a zoom function. As you change the distance, adjust the zoom so the circle visible appears to be roughly the same size.

As a point of reference for some satellites:
1 - Those like the ISS are at 400 km altitude. That is 3% of the diameter. So if you had a 1 m ball, you would need to hold it 3 cm from your eye for an accurate comparison making it quite difficult to focus on it.
2 - Geostationary orbits are at roughly 35 000 km. That is ~2.7 times the diameter, so you would need to hold that 1 m ball at 2.7 m.
3 - The moon is at 400 000 km. That is roughly 30 times, so that 1 m ball needs to be at 30 m.
4 - L1, such as DSCOVR, which houses EPIC - 1.5 million km. That is roughly 100 times the distance, so the 1 m ball needs to be viewed from roughly 100 m.


Also, the preponderance of photos depicting the gulf of mexico/the carribean promoted front and center i find suspect.
Not in the slightest. There are plenty of photos of Earth.
It isn't surprising that one country, which gets lots of publicity has photos which keeps them fairly well aligned.
Also, if they were to put a photo in geostationary orbit, it would be likely to be looking at them.