you got to it first Bill, but here's a bit more
http://www.snopes.com/photos/space/sunset.asp
still the pix are fun to look at.
I just don't think there's any way you will find the entire Earth free of clouds for a single photo. I don't think that ever happens.
rdc
-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Selmeier <bills@No-Spam>
>Sent: Apr 2, 2008 3:11 PM
>To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>Subject: Re: [TAC] Astronaut Sunita Williams Pics of Earth
>
>Does anyone get confused that in a few of those pictures the sun is not
>shining anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Did the sun go out. Those
>can't be pics.
>
>Bill
>
>
>On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Steve Sergeant wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:48:29 -0700
>> From: Steve Sergeant <stevesgt@No-Spam>
>> Reply-To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>> To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>> Subject: Re: [TAC] Astronaut Sunita Williams Pics of Earth
>>
>> At 12:41 PM -0800 4/2/08, Mark Wagner wrote:
>>> Marsha Robinson sent this. Nice, thought provoking Powerpoint presentation:
>>>
>>> www.observers.org/tac.photos/AstronautSunitaWilliamsPicsofEarth1.pps
>>
>>
>> Too bad it's not presented in an open, non-proprietary format that's visible
>> in any browser.
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