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Why are there no legit pictures of the earth
Steve5451²:
--- Quote from: Goth77 on October 08, 2017, 07:25:46 PM ---I have yet to find an actual picture of the earth that doesn't seem photoshopped / fake
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the further you are from something the more of it you will see.
the distance from earth was simply different between the photographs
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--- Quote from: Badspot on October 08, 2017, 07:41:08 PM ---The actual reason the pictures look different is because they're taken at different altitudes with different wide angle lenses. The ISS for example is actually really close to the earth, so to get the entire globe in view you have use a fisheye lens, which leads to a distorted picture like the "2012" image in OP.
I believe this is covered somewhere in this vsauce video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxhxL1LzKww
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damnit it just took me 20 minutes to find that gif and you already explained it
also i was gonna mention that this is somebody who believes that marijuana cures cancer but that's already been established
Dreams_Of_Cheese:
--- Quote from: Pah1023 on October 08, 2017, 07:45:05 PM ---When my family went with my brother to the doctor about his chron's disease we asked the doctor about using cannabis to treat it.
At most it does is just mask the pain, it doesn't actually help with the cancer spreading or getting rid of it.
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no idiot, the facebook page Weed Saves Lifes says that it KILLS CANCER but big pharma is suppressing is to make loads of money. this is the view of me, a nuanced and intelligent adult and not a child who's afraid of things i dont understand
Mr Unicode:
--- Quote from: Goth77 on October 08, 2017, 07:25:46 PM ---I have yet to find an actual picture of the earth that doesn't seem photoshopped / fake
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Yeah, Its extremely sad, because Americas put on a stuff ton of weight
Badspot:
Here's the same effect at a smaller scale:
Source: http://stepheneastwood.com/tutorials/lensdistortion/strippage.htm
hillkill:
--- Quote from: Pah1023 on October 08, 2017, 07:45:05 PM ---When my family went with my brother to the doctor about his chron's disease we asked the doctor about using cannabis to treat it.
At most it does is just mask the pain, it doesn't actually help with the cancer spreading or getting rid of it.
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as someone with IBS bordering chron's, painkillers work quite more efficiently. i've tried cbd oil for it and it's more of a muscle relaxer, it just lessens the frequency of the cramps.