On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:48:08 +0100, Eeyore
wrote:



"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Spurious Response wrote:

You are full of ****. Even the great Pyramid is not easily visible from
space, and when it is found and gazed upon, the feature size is quite
small, so a satellite is NOT going to make a reflection, nor generated
light spot that would compete with any star, much less the brightest
stars. D'OH!

Its not? Then tell us what is this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Giza,+Egypt+pyramid&sll= 30.076292,31.208903&sspn=0.107401,0.159645&ie=UTF8 &ll=29.9791,31.134846&spn=0.013438,0.019956&t=h&z= 16&om=1

It sure looks like the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt as seen from
space.

So how about you calculate the subtended angle and discover how large an image it would result in on an avergae camera.


I just posted an approximation that likely leans toward too big still.