Astronomy Anomalies

[bellsisland]

Originally Posted by Luminari

That question is frequently asked by people here on Avalon..

It is because the camera lenses are on short exposure and focused on objects in the foreground. It looks like there are no stars.

Kayuga mission has so many great images! They also have a different 'feel' to them form the NASA or ESA photos which I like, soft edges or something.

About the short exposure making it look like there are no stars, well , okay.
I'm not sure about that. I like your answer and thank you.

Yes, the Kayuga images seemed to bloom in front of my eyes. They weren't flat at all. The perspective was breath taking. But, I wouldn't want to live there.

When I was watching a show today about the Liberty Bell 7 and Gus Grissom, I was reminded of seeing that on tv when it really happened. I always wondered how he got the hatch open. I understand the the pressure in the cabin moved inward and that it would take a herd of oxen to open it. And Gus swears he didn't open the hatch. And then boom in Apollo 1 with his two fellow astronauts. That whole story is an anomaly.

[Luminari]

I have just reconstructed this thread, it was quite a mess, looking forward to breathing some life back into it, with a little help from all of you.

[Luminari]

"The pole center was not well imaged and has been excluded" - NASA http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091214.html

NASA at it again... obviously there is something of interest in this latest extreme close-up of the hexagonal formation at the north pole of Saturn, or they wouldn't have blacked it out. I don't buy the "wasn't well imaged" line at all.

[Luminari]