tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post5862896451091751448..comments2023-09-01T04:29:54.172-06:00Comments on Maximum Verbosity: Forget The Olympics. This Is Exciting!Bettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-6950225419794959172012-08-06T16:23:53.991-06:002012-08-06T16:23:53.991-06:00Here's some info about the Earth and the moon ...<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/mro20080303earth.html" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> some info about the Earth and the moon picture. You can see that it was taken at magnification, though <a href="http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/" rel="nofollow">HiRISE imager</a>. I'm not sure about the other picture, but I think it was probably artistically composted.<br /><br />The really sad thing is, when it comes to things like technical accuracy, Cracked is probably better than a lot of sites that aren't primarily about humor.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-26634821637834064212012-08-06T14:20:56.692-06:002012-08-06T14:20:56.692-06:00Interesting article, and technically accurate (if ...Interesting article, and technically accurate (if "technical" can even be applied in <i>Cracked</i>'s case). I have questions about two of the accompanying pictures, though.<br /><br />1) Photo labeled "Earth and the moon, from Mars" -- if Earth looks that large from Mars, why doesn't Mars look that big from Earth? I suspect either a magnifying lens was used, or perhaps the picture was taken by a spaceship <i>on the way to</i> Mars. (This is especially noticeable when you see the next picture, of Earth from the moon's surface.)<br /><br />2) Photo labeled "A 35 million mile step" -- similar question about the perspective and relative size of the two planets.Captain Chlorophyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160624482609256786noreply@blogger.com