Dazza@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 years agoFirst image from India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon missionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down13
arrow-up1255arrow-down1imageFirst image from India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon missionlemmy.worldDazza@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareAlien Surfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoSome perspective would always be nice, or a distance legend. Like, could you see a human from that distance? A football stadium? A banana?
minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoYou could probably calculate how far out they are by using the curve of the moon visible in the picture
minus-squareDandroid@dandroid.applinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoWould you need to know information about the lens of the camera? A wide angle lens would make the curve look bigger.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoAnd would make any humans standing down there smaller.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIn seriousness though, assuming the solar panels are straight lines the camera’s aspect ratio could be determined from that.
minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agois that not public knowledge?
minus-squareDazza@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoThey should definitely drop a banana on the moon’s surface
minus-squaresunnydan@pathfinder.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOrbital banana bombing the moon. Get it done, India.
Some perspective would always be nice, or a distance legend. Like, could you see a human from that distance? A football stadium? A banana?
You could probably calculate how far out they are by using the curve of the moon visible in the picture
Would you need to know information about the lens of the camera? A wide angle lens would make the curve look bigger.
And would make any humans standing down there smaller.
In seriousness though, assuming the solar panels are straight lines the camera’s aspect ratio could be determined from that.
is that not public knowledge?
They should definitely drop a banana on the moon’s surface
Orbital banana bombing the moon. Get it done, India.