Odd how the public perception is that any pretty picture from or of space MUST be from the Hubble Space Telescope. You see this sort of misconception all the time. Two points can be seen from this...
The HST folks have done a fantastic job on PR.
The public is very poorly educated about the various types and capabilities of satellites and ground based telescopes we do have.
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That picture is from the ISS, not from the Hubble Space Telescope.
There is a much bigger version available here
Posted by: Brad Holden | Feb 28, 2008 7:51:47 PM
Odd how the public perception is that any pretty picture from or of space MUST be from the Hubble Space Telescope. You see this sort of misconception all the time. Two points can be seen from this...
The HST folks have done a fantastic job on PR.
The public is very poorly educated about the various types and capabilities of satellites and ground based telescopes we do have.
Posted by: Andrew Cooper | Feb 29, 2008 12:26:06 AM
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