NASA's comet-whacking probe whacked its comet but good, so now it's drifting through space just kind of doing this and that. One of those thises and thats is looking back at Earth and snapping some pretty pictures. Now, NASA has revved up its copy of Windows Movie Maker (no, NASA doesn't use Macs, since Macs are for people who don't know how to operate a computer) and strung those images together in an animation of the Earth spinning the moon around in orbit. It's kind of underwhelming until you realize how completely pants-wetting awesome this is. Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy does a good job of injecting his enthusiasm for the video straight into your veins right here.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Looking Back
