Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 05-04-2013 02:43 AM
An IMAX-view of the Mir space station, as seen from the cargo bay of shuttle Atlantis during the STS-74 mission in November 1995.
Ed Hengeveld
moorouge Member
Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
posted 05-04-2013 01:10 PM
Nice picture Ed. However, the Earth's limb gives it a slightly incongruous look as it seems to be concave rather than the more usual convex appearance we are used to seeing. [In more simple terms - the horizon seems to bend the wrong way.]
heng44 Member
Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 05-04-2013 01:29 PM
That is an effect of the fisheye view.
ASCAN1984 Member
Posts: 1049 From: County Down, Nothern Ireland Registered: Feb 2002
posted 11-23-2013 06:26 PM
Looking at Mir helps you appreciate how huge the ISS really is.