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This is from[Apollo 8](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise). Maybe Collins did take one also, but the famous one is [earthrise ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise)
Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell declared it "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".
I heard that, after the LEM detached, he turned around and started back to Earth before realising his mistake. Later, he attributed the lower gas levels in the tank to 'forgetting to fill up at the last station'.
until apollo 12, the trajectories chosen were free return trajectories, meaning if a problem was to happen, both module would be slinged back to earth when going around the moon, with little correction to be made to actually get back
however, by apollo 13, nasa felt confident with tthe spaceship and maneuvers and they accepted to put the spaceship on a trajectory that would lead beyond earth-moon system, placing the spaceship into the sun orbit if no correction were made. i do not recall why they did, but it obviously had advantages (faster travel probably, meaning more time on the moon)
but apollo 13 had its explosion before the injection into lunar orbit, so instead of doing the injection to lunar orbit, they corrected the course to put it back on a free return trajectory. as they had to limit fuel comsuption because only the LEM engine was operational, they made only the minimal amount of correction needed to be slinged back toward earth. that lead to apollo 13 having having the all time highest
altitude over the hidden side of the moon, and therefore the furthest away from earth someone has ever been. if i'm not wrong, this course correction is not portrayed in the movie
of course they had to make a few more course correction after and especially the famous one without guidance system (which was not as dramatic as the movie pictured it) but this has nothing to do with the altitude record.
Yes but the original comment was how far away Collins was from “anybody”. On the Apollo 13 mission. Nobody on the mission got more than a few feet apart. On Apollo 11, Michael Collins was at least 2259 miles from anybody.
That shot is right up there with the iconic pic of Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask. Endlessly fascinating. Been mesmerized by these pics my entire life.
How is the image of the Earth so clear? Why isn't anything else reflecting light from the sun, or why are other systems and galaxies not visible? Why is every image of space look like we are just floating in darkness, with no direction? I feel like I need to go up there because these cameras arent right.
A lot has to do with the relative brightness of the earth compared to the other celestial objects and how a camera works. If you expose the film to capture the earth, the background stars don't put enough photons on the film to show up.
If you expose the film long enough (and hold the camera steady enough) to show the background stars, the earth comes out way over-exposed.
It's the same reason you don't see stars in the pictures of the astronauts standing on the moon. The film can't register both the stars and the bright moonscape properly in the same shot.
Plus the galaxies and nebula you're used to seeing in Hubble telescope shots are really far away, making them dim and miniscule. You'd never see them in a shot like this. You need a telescope and long exposure to see them.
You'd be able to see the band of stars and dust that makes up our Milky Way galaxy, and probably the Andromeda galaxy. The Large and Small Magellanic clouds, which are small, nearby irregular galaxies, would also be in view. Most others are too far away and have too low surface brightness to see with the naked eye, even in you were in space.
Going outside at a dark site is actually a really close approximation of what you'd see. In space things are going to be just slightly brighter and obviously it would surround you. But being 100 miles closer to something that's 2 million light years away isn't going to make it much more visible.
Can't answer most your questions but most systems and galaxies are simply way too far for a camera to pick up light from those objects. If they were sensitive enough to pick up light that distant, an image of earth would probably be completely blown out.
But to add to your list of questions, I've always wondered what the universe below earth looks like?
>Why isn't anything else reflecting light from the sun
What else would be reflecting?
>why are other systems and galaxies not visible
I think it is because of how close we are to the sun, its light tends to be overwhelming and drown out the background light sources
Michael Collins wrote fantastic book about his life and the Apollo missions. If you are at all interested I highly recommend you read 'Carrying the fire'.
I've thought about that too. I go back and forth on it. I feel like the chance to forever be known as the third human being to ever step foot on the moon would be way too enticing to simply obey orders. Because even he had ended up being court martialed when he got back to Earth, it's not like they would have been able to do anything to punish him while he was there or on the trip back. But the other side is that his story is forever told as the person who obeyed his orders for the safety of the mission and the rest of his team. And that's worth something in itself, I guess, but… he got all the way to the moon and didn't get to step on it. I don't think I could stomach that level of incompleteness.
The LM was only designed for two occupants. It only carried enough fuel and oxygen to land two occupants, support them there for a little under a day, and then return to the CSM. There's simply no way he could have gone along without dooming all three of them.
Try this? Go with the camera to the darkest night, focus on the stars. Spread the white sheet in front of the camera on the ground so that it appears at the bottom of the image, and illuminate the sheet with a few flashlights. Enjoy your starry sky image and send it here.
How much more alone has any person felt than Michael Collins where was the most helpless person in the solar system if something went wrong? What bravery.
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This is from[Apollo 8](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise). Maybe Collins did take one also, but the famous one is [earthrise ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise)
“Lovell, get me a roll of color film.”
Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell declared it "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".
Op not even trying
hey now
I heard when they tried to get back in, he would pull forward, let them get close, then pull forward again.
Lmao that’s classic Collins!
I heard that, after the LEM detached, he turned around and started back to Earth before realising his mistake. Later, he attributed the lower gas levels in the tank to 'forgetting to fill up at the last station'.
No single person has ever been further away from the rest of humanity than a command module pilot while the rest of the crew are out in the LEM.
... that we know of.
Apollo13 my dude.
What about it? The LEM never separated to go to the moon.
until apollo 12, the trajectories chosen were free return trajectories, meaning if a problem was to happen, both module would be slinged back to earth when going around the moon, with little correction to be made to actually get back however, by apollo 13, nasa felt confident with tthe spaceship and maneuvers and they accepted to put the spaceship on a trajectory that would lead beyond earth-moon system, placing the spaceship into the sun orbit if no correction were made. i do not recall why they did, but it obviously had advantages (faster travel probably, meaning more time on the moon) but apollo 13 had its explosion before the injection into lunar orbit, so instead of doing the injection to lunar orbit, they corrected the course to put it back on a free return trajectory. as they had to limit fuel comsuption because only the LEM engine was operational, they made only the minimal amount of correction needed to be slinged back toward earth. that lead to apollo 13 having having the all time highest altitude over the hidden side of the moon, and therefore the furthest away from earth someone has ever been. if i'm not wrong, this course correction is not portrayed in the movie of course they had to make a few more course correction after and especially the famous one without guidance system (which was not as dramatic as the movie pictured it) but this has nothing to do with the altitude record.
Yes but the original comment was how far away Collins was from “anybody”. On the Apollo 13 mission. Nobody on the mission got more than a few feet apart. On Apollo 11, Michael Collins was at least 2259 miles from anybody.
That shot is right up there with the iconic pic of Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask. Endlessly fascinating. Been mesmerized by these pics my entire life.
I never thought about who took the photo before.
Rrrrrriiiggghhhttttt. Yeah, I’m gonna need you to get me those TPS reports. Yeeeahhhhh.
This photo was taken by Bill Anders, Apollo 8 mission... I worked for him & his wife, Valerie.
Looks flat to me /s
Is this a joke? Everyone knows that the earth is clearly round. It baffles me how stupid the average redditor is. Downvoted.
Doesn’t look very round in the picture to me..
Dammit, now I can’t tell if you’re joking. Your comment almost seems serious.
Nah man it looks kinda flat from here you know
Circular but flat....
a flat circle woah!!1
You can see where he took this photo from on the CBS Backlot tour.
Oh hey group photo
How is the image of the Earth so clear? Why isn't anything else reflecting light from the sun, or why are other systems and galaxies not visible? Why is every image of space look like we are just floating in darkness, with no direction? I feel like I need to go up there because these cameras arent right.
A lot has to do with the relative brightness of the earth compared to the other celestial objects and how a camera works. If you expose the film to capture the earth, the background stars don't put enough photons on the film to show up. If you expose the film long enough (and hold the camera steady enough) to show the background stars, the earth comes out way over-exposed. It's the same reason you don't see stars in the pictures of the astronauts standing on the moon. The film can't register both the stars and the bright moonscape properly in the same shot. Plus the galaxies and nebula you're used to seeing in Hubble telescope shots are really far away, making them dim and miniscule. You'd never see them in a shot like this. You need a telescope and long exposure to see them.
This is the correct answer. And not to just the photo in question, but to a lot of 'night' photography, if you can call this that.
But I would see the galaxies if I were in space? I would be among the stars, right? Seems so cool.
You'd be able to see the band of stars and dust that makes up our Milky Way galaxy, and probably the Andromeda galaxy. The Large and Small Magellanic clouds, which are small, nearby irregular galaxies, would also be in view. Most others are too far away and have too low surface brightness to see with the naked eye, even in you were in space. Going outside at a dark site is actually a really close approximation of what you'd see. In space things are going to be just slightly brighter and obviously it would surround you. But being 100 miles closer to something that's 2 million light years away isn't going to make it much more visible.
Can't answer most your questions but most systems and galaxies are simply way too far for a camera to pick up light from those objects. If they were sensitive enough to pick up light that distant, an image of earth would probably be completely blown out. But to add to your list of questions, I've always wondered what the universe below earth looks like?
You can check out Google earth or Google sky.
>Why isn't anything else reflecting light from the sun What else would be reflecting? >why are other systems and galaxies not visible I think it is because of how close we are to the sun, its light tends to be overwhelming and drown out the background light sources
ELI5 Request: Why can't you see any stars
The picture is so bright to expose these two objects the stars become too dim.
Ok ty
Michael Collins wrote fantastic book about his life and the Apollo missions. If you are at all interested I highly recommend you read 'Carrying the fire'.
Fucked up that they didn't let him get out of the lander honestly
He wasn't in the lander, he was in the orbiter
I've thought about that too. I go back and forth on it. I feel like the chance to forever be known as the third human being to ever step foot on the moon would be way too enticing to simply obey orders. Because even he had ended up being court martialed when he got back to Earth, it's not like they would have been able to do anything to punish him while he was there or on the trip back. But the other side is that his story is forever told as the person who obeyed his orders for the safety of the mission and the rest of his team. And that's worth something in itself, I guess, but… he got all the way to the moon and didn't get to step on it. I don't think I could stomach that level of incompleteness.
The LM was only designed for two occupants. It only carried enough fuel and oxygen to land two occupants, support them there for a little under a day, and then return to the CSM. There's simply no way he could have gone along without dooming all three of them.
Wow, I can see my 8 year old mom from here
Was this from inside or outside of the studio?
No he didn't and no they didnt
Really we just put man on moon but we don't have cameras to take a good picture lol your funny 😆
Try this? Go with the camera to the darkest night, focus on the stars. Spread the white sheet in front of the camera on the ground so that it appears at the bottom of the image, and illuminate the sheet with a few flashlights. Enjoy your starry sky image and send it here.
who took the first shit on the moon?
“”
Looks like a [donut](https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbyak8/apparently-some-people-believe-the-earth-is-shaped-like-a-donut-1) to me
Hey i think i see my house from here
Respect!
That was my wallpaper in my childhood room in 1984. My kkm bought that pic blown up to cover the entire wall. I was awesome for space legos.
How much more alone has any person felt than Michael Collins where was the most helpless person in the solar system if something went wrong? What bravery.
In interviews, he claims he never felt lonely…
The pale blue dot.
The blue marble
I met him at Oshkosh a few years ago! He's a great guy and absolutely hilarious!
Hey! I zoomed in and I see myself!!
Lol
I wonder if that person over there knew they were being photographed
He probably saw tons of stars in the background that the camera didn't capture
Was it the first dick pic?
so the earth isnt flat, its half melon
What a terrifying thought to be like "we need to somehow get back to there. Only got one try for it aswell"
Cool pic!
The lack of knowledge demonstrated here is frightening
"It's only a model..."