#0, I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Tombaugh...
Posted by ejheckathorn on Apr-15-15 at 08:58 AM
LAST EDITED ON Apr-15-15 AT 08:59 AM (EDT)
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/plutos-first-color-portrait-new-horizons-probe/The first color picture of Pluto, taken by the New Horizons space probe on approach for it's flyby on July 14, 2015.
#1, RE: I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Tombaugh...
Posted by SpottedKitty on Apr-15-15 at 07:36 PM
In response to message #0
A note on speeds and distances, if the needle on your boggle-o-meter hasn't wrapped round the pin yet. New Horizons was launched nine years ago; it goes past Pluto in another couple of months; and it still has to travel about 3/4 the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Pretty good camera shooting.--
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#2, RE: I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Tombaugh...
Posted by TheOtherSean on Apr-18-15 at 04:42 PM
In response to message #1
They did have a long time to setup the shot. :-)
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