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Old 06-12-2005, 18:55   #1
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The view from Space

I came across this the other day, courtesy of the European Space Agency and their Envosat.

This is a picture of our beautiful county, taken in 2002 from the icy wastes of space (low earth orbit) You are all down there...somewhere.

No. Don't thank me. I do this as a public service.
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Old 06-12-2005, 19:10   #2
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Great pic.... I'm sure I can see my house from up here....
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Old 06-12-2005, 19:54   #3
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I like Ab makes me feel home sick. :e9: :e58:
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Old 06-12-2005, 21:41   #4
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It looks very green and pleasant doesn't it?
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Old 06-12-2005, 21:56   #5
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Re: The view from Space

I am shocked to be able to see the illegal cocklers in the middle of Morecambe Bay, working so far from the safe paths.
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Old 07-12-2005, 00:02   #6
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Makes me cry to see such a beautiful sight, pity we don’t respect it in the way we should. I find it interesting to compare the shift in the coast line from the maps of the past. Fantastic picture Bob….more please.
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Old 07-12-2005, 00:06   #7
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Re: The view from Space

Interesting to see how far the sea goes out at Southport, by my measurments it looks like 79 miles.

Perhaps they should extend the pier.
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Old 07-12-2005, 08:46   #8
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I thought the lighter areas in the sea at the coast was polution, never realising how shallow it realy is.
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Old 09-12-2005, 02:50   #9
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Re: The view from Space

i love google earth for stufff like this

thats amazingly similar to this
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Old 09-12-2005, 15:25   #10
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Re: The view from Space

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i love google earth for stufff like this

thats amazingly similar to this
Errrmmmm....well it would be, wouldn't it. Photographing the same object from the same relative position tends to result in images that are... roughly similar.


The light blue areas around the Fylde coast are the result of waterborne sediments from the Lune, Mersey and our own lovely Ribble. For reasons best known to itself it is unusually fine, which accounts for the watery coffee colour of the sea at Blackpool.

As I child, Blackpool was my only experience of the sea until my parents took me to Anglesey when I was ten, I was shocked to discover that the sea was actually clear and that you could see to the bottom of it - in the shallow bits, obviously.
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Old 09-12-2005, 15:58   #11
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If anyone likes this sort of photograph take a look at the NASA site:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
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Old 09-12-2005, 16:44   #12
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Now theres a site I aint been on in a while sadly. Always enjoyed the NASA and JPL sites. Time I made a little appointment to visit them again starting tonight. Cheers yerself.
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