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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:18:06 -0500, Nick M|ller wrote
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Rich Grise wrote:


http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...2673_hires.jpg

There's a non-zero probability that that's the coolest
photograph
I've
ever seen in my whole life.

Next time, they should replace the camera, because of all the
stuck
pixels.

Nick


They might be hot pixels for a reason - solar or cosmic radiation,
for
instance. I'd like to see multiple exposures at the same settings
to
see if the same pixels are still fubar'd.


Or it could be the dings and pits in the windows due to micrometeors
hitting them since the station was put in orbit.. Take a look at the
pics taken through the shuttle windows and you see a LOT more pits.
Just
got the press message from NASA about the new planet they found
beyond
Pluto. Guess it's time to make a new solar model...



One way to find out would be to subtract a black image from the image
in
question and see if the hot pixels go away. Of course, to do this
correctly, one would need to create the black image from the camera in
question. There is a program that creates black images, but I'm not
sure
how reliable it is.


After looking it over really close I noticed trails behind many of the
bright points. Looks like many are cosmic dust flying by since if it was
bad pixels or damaged glass it would remain fixed in position.



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