[Chaos-l] Earth from Mercury

[walter fowler]

I give up.  What is the constellation?  I have a feeling there are a lot
more stars in the image than I can see from my house.  Of course, I couldn't
see the streaks, either.  Maybe I should take off my sunglasses.  Walter

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Tony Rice <rtphokie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Messenger, which entered Mercury orbit last Friday, returned a
> beautiful photo of Earth and the moon, see if you can pick out the
> constilation behind them.  Also note the streaks, those aren't created
> by a long exposure, they are cosmic rays hitting Messenger's camera.
>
>
> http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=388
>
> or
>
> http://bit.ly/fvgctx
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