The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XIV

[Cutlass]

what's that in leagues?

 

[Dumanios]

We don't know how far the trench goes.

Cthulhu might live down there though.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

How do they measure the speed of light anyways?

 

[Arakhor]

Memorising numbers was my speciality in school. Avogadro's Number is 6.0221367 x10e23, pi is 3.14159265359 and so on.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Why can one see faint stars in this picture of the Earth? Shouldn't the brightness and glare of the Earth cause the stars to not appear at all?

 

[Cutlass]

Why can one see faint stars in this picture of the Earth? Shouldn't the brightness and glare of the Earth cause the stars to not appear at all?

I can't find a single star in that pic

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I can't find a single star in that pic

If you zoom in you can see them faintly. They look purple to me.

 

[Arakhor]

I see some small bluish blurs, but I'm not sure they're stars.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I can't find a single star in that pic

I can.

Try adjusting the color/brightness settings on either your monitor or the video card.

I can see random faint blue dots.

Mind you, i'm looking at the picture full-size, meaning i disabled the browser's automatic shrink-picture thingy.

I see some small bluish blurs, but I'm not sure they're stars.

I think they are, cuz I clearly saw Ursa Minor to the lower right of the Earth.

 

[Cutlass]

I can.

Try adjusting the color/brightness settings on either your monitor or the video card.

I can see random faint blue dots.

Mind you, i'm looking at the picture full-size, meaning i disabled the browser's automatic shrink-picture thingy.

I think they are, cuz I clearly saw Ursa Minor to the lower right of the Earth.

OK, you are photoshoping a picture taken in 1972 and then asking why a tiny faint pixel of a star isn't washed out by other light?

Seriously, dude, with all possible love, move on.....

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

OK, you are photoshoping a picture taken in 1972 and then asking why a tiny faint pixel of a star isn't washed out by other light?

Seriously, dude, with all possible love, move on.....

I didn't upload it. I never touched it at all.

 

[Cutlass]

And no one but you can find the star in the untouched photo

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

And no one but you can find the star in the untouched photo

Absolutely no one?

If you zoom in you can see them faintly. They look purple to me.

I see some small bluish blurs, but I'm not sure they're stars.

 

[Cutlass]

Power of suggestion

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Power of suggestion

Ok I'll stop. Last post from me on the matter.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What are elephant balls and why do you need them?

 

[madviking]

Big. And hairy.

 

[Meteor Man]

Ahem.............yeah.

But I'm loving the triple crosspost.

 

[Dumanios]

The Nuts of an Elephant.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

But why do you need them?