Hey John I thought you may get a good Laugh out of this article I saw on ABC in Oz today ;)
Moon flags still standing QuoteImages taken by a NASA spacecraft show most of the United States flags planted on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts are still standing.
QuoteThe photos from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show the flags - erected in 1969 when the first humans, Americans Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, set foot on the Moon - are still casting shadows.
The details are contained in an online article by principal investigator Mark Robinson, who analysed data from the camera.
But Mr Robinson says one of the flags is missing.
"Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported that the flag was blown over by the exhaust from the ascent engine during liftoff of Apollo 11, and it looks like he was correct!", he said.
Apollo missions ran from 1969 to 1972, shuttling American astronauts to the surface of the Moon.
Buzz Aldrin with the US flag on the moon in 1969 Photo: Buzz Aldrin (pictured) and Neil Armstrong planted the first US flags on the moon in 1969. (Supplied: NASA)
Six flags were planted during this time.
The orbiter was launched in 2009 to analyse new landing sites on the Moon and send back visual information about the lunar environment via narrow and wide-angle cameras.
"Personally, I was a bit surprised that the flags survived the harsh ultraviolet light and temperatures of the lunar surface, but they did," Mr Robinson said.
"What they look like is another question."
(http://aciai.me/i/OrNFu.jpg)
SOURCE:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-31/moon-flags-still-standing/4166604
The Caption under the photo has to be a comic (or cosmic) Gem.. well I bloody well hope it is :D
QuotePhoto: NASA says the flags are still casting shadows. (Supplied)
;D
I think the English and their awesome Black Humour summed it up in this TV charachter called Oscar Lomax.
Psychoville - Oscar Lomax - Ingenious Security
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HK8i4IoOTc
(http://aciai.me/i/OrNFu.jpg)
That is proof of a flag standing? And pseudoskeptics call us crazy. {shakes head so much he has to make a claim for whiplash treatment}
LMFAO
Here's NASA, taking the p1ss> :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-4BFfdGufo
P.S. Thanks for the compliment about our sense of humour. I think you guys do great with Family Guy and American Dad, not to mention South Park. (ETA: Except you aren't American. Sorry mate, I'm having one of those days lol)
At least the shadows are in the right direction this time ::)
I find it amazing that they can spot this small flag on film, but they 'miss' structures a mile wide & 4 miles high.........
I apologise for not warning that liquids of any description will cause harm to electrical good's :D
Its so freaking silly words do not convey the sillyness Nasa are portraying... :o
LOL
Pim that Pee-Pee clip is funny as you know what ;D
NASA= Not Another Strange Anomaly
or
Nazi Aryan Scientist Association
But the best one is still
Never A Straight Answer
LOL
PWM LOL I like Johns one also "There is only one Gas Giant in this Solar System and that is Nasa" LOL
And Zorgons, "We Need a New Space Aganecy" LMAO
A lot of people think that American Supercross Happen in American Citys.. So far from the truth as I found a picture from Nasa which dictates elsewise LOL
Its Really Chad Reed on The Moon :D
(http://aciai.me/i/AImst.jpg)
Proof of Chad Reed on the Moon ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXlk-kYbLFE
Clearly you can see in this video that Chad Reed (The American Supercross Star) was jumping dirt Bikes on The Moon.
...so he must have run over one of the flags....
Now i get it ;D
Quote from: PLAYSWITHMACHINES on July 31, 2012, 10:25:39 PM
...so he must have run over one of the flags....
Now i get it ;D
LOL :D
Wiped out ;D
NASA= No Access to Space for Americans
~ Robert Bigelow
On Ats I posted some pictures of Alien Spacecraft on Mars :o
The skeptics screamed at me "Its only rocks, you Moron"
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Viking_1/PIA01881_lander.jpg)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Viking_1/PIA01881_backshell.jpg)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Viking_2/PIA01882_lander.jpg)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Opportunity/PIA05230a.jpg)
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/9227-PHX_Lander_516-387.jpg)
Well they look like Alien Spaceships to me :P
I bet those skeptics are all clamoring over this flag picture though :D
I like this one though :D
And ArMaP... you don't get to play :P
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008591_2485.jpg)
I always found it amusing the the "I see only rocks" people have the nerve to speak. In my book it gives them NO credibility to even look at an anomaly photo and make a guess, when an object has been identified by NASA :D and they still say its blurry rocks.
Like this one... you should see how many 'image artifact' posts there were and others saying its just a blur, or there is no way to tell what it is...
So what do you think it is?
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008579_9020_clip.jpg)
Quote from: zorgon on July 31, 2012, 10:39:48 PM
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008591_2485.jpg)
Is it Viking?
...no it looks more like Phoenix...
Quote from: Pimander on July 31, 2012, 10:45:36 PM
Is it Viking?
...no it looks more like Phoenix...
Oh come on now have some more NASA "water"
It's OBVIOUSLY a Martian Faerie(http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=45171082)
Hey really funny too that Nasa can Land a Rover on Mars, yet they use really crappy SAT images of the Moon as Proof of the Lunar Landing. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that simple fact.
Quote from: zorgon on July 31, 2012, 10:43:11 PM
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008579_9020_clip.jpg)
Give me some context being as I'm the only one not too scared to play. :P
Is it lunar. I'm guessing yes by the absence of colour?
Quote from: Pimander on July 31, 2012, 11:13:50 PM
Give me some context being as I'm the only one not too scared to play. :P
I'm not allowed to play, so I cannot give you any context. ;D
Or Mars at night? I'm stuck I think. ???
Quote from: ArMaP on August 01, 2012, 01:40:12 AM
I'm not allowed to play, so I cannot give you any context. ;D
Nah its okay was just kidding...
unlike at ATS when I posted them there, I left the FILE NAME intact here :D
One can look at that file name and get context... :P
One can also copy the image into Google Image search (as per Zorgon,s lessons in the Forum Tips thread) and get all the details... :P
One can also look at Zorgon's website for all that data... :P
The Marks of Mankind: Cosmic Litterbugs (http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Mars_Images.html#Litterbugs)So yeah go ahead and play :P
Phoenix Landing with Chute deployed
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008579_9020_cut.jpg) (http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008579_9020_cut.jpg)
If only I had the courage to post. I thought it might be the phoenix chute 'cos you already posted phoenix but I chickened out lol. ::)
Quote from: zorgon on July 31, 2012, 10:43:11 PM
I always found it amusing the the "I see only rocks" people have the nerve to speak. In my book it gives them NO credibility to even look at an anomaly photo and make a guess, when an object has been identified by NASA :D and they still say its blurry rocks.
Like this one... you should see how many 'image artifact' posts there were and others saying its just a blur, or there is no way to tell what it is...
So what do you think it is?
(http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Mars5/Phoenix/PSP_008579_9020_clip.jpg)
Looks like a rock hanging from a parachute made out of stone.
Is this not the Mars lander?
Deuem
EDIT: I did post this from page 1 before I read your Answer.