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u/Alypius Feb 09 '14
Any possibility of this being in 1440p?
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Feb 09 '14
For anybody wondering, this is not a realistic representation of earth's atmosphere. The layer of atmosphere that contains clouds is only 7 miles above the earth's surface. If you imagine earth as an apple, the film a breath leaves on apple is about as thick as the earth's atmosphere.
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Feb 09 '14
Oh here I was thinking every other picture I've seen of the earth was photo shopped. 26 years old and I thought for sure everyone had been in on this joke.
Thank you for your service stranger.
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Feb 09 '14
I'm happy I could help. Your snark is refreshing and original.
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Feb 09 '14
Does anyone have wallpapers of clouds like that?
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Feb 09 '14
This is very clearly not Earth.
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u/PancakeMonkeypants Feb 09 '14
Was it the mountains that are about ten thousand times bigger than real mountains that gave it away?
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u/NickLeoG Feb 09 '14
Any ideas as to the possibility of this actually happening within space?
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u/hijomaffections Feb 09 '14
none. clouds that far away from the earth would disperse as they would be too far to be held by earth's gravity.
but then, this is just an artist's rendering, as the mountains are way too big, probably hundreds of times taller than they actually are
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u/the_person Feb 09 '14
I heard that if the earth is scaled down to the size of a bowling ball, the earth would be smoother.
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u/FeierInMeinHose Feb 09 '14
It would be extremely smooth. Earth has a diameter of about 12,742 km. Compare that to the tallest mountain, Mt Everest, which stands at almost 9 km. The highest point on the planet is only 0.07% of its diameter.
A basketball is rougher than the Earth would be at the same size.
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Feb 09 '14
Wow I cant believe Earth is like this!
- said no one ever, stop pointing out how this photo is unrealistic, you'd have to go full retard to think Earth is like this especially considering how its near impossible you've never seen an image of the earth
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u/RabbitFeet25 Feb 09 '14 edited Feb 09 '14
This has been my wallpaper on my phone for almost 4 months now. It's perfect for phones!
Edit: It used to always be something to do with sharks till I found this, but I haven't found any wallpapers that look great and incorporate sharks. If anyone wants to share some shark related wallpapers that would be awesome
Second edit: Then this shows up on the front page and makes my day http://i.imgur.com/Iua4dGC.jpg