Tristan Cools responded > At 15:32 21/11/99 -0600, you wrote: > > >Anyone know where this picture of Shenzhou in orbit came from? It doesn't > >appear to be computer art -- perhaps the Chinese have been reading Ron > >Dantowitz' articles in S&T. ;) > > > >http:// solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/graphics/p/p9inorb.jpg > > > I don't think it is a groundbased photograph. > > Just look at: > > http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/graphics/p/p9mc20.jpg > > It is a blow up from the big screen at the Chinese control center. It > represents a computer drawing in very poor resolution just because of the > blow up. Hmmm. I agree that the left-hand picture in the control center scene is the same -- but based on similarities to other ground-based satellite imagery I've seen, I still think we may be seeing a blurry picture of the real thing rather than a low-res computer graphic. Maybe so, maybe not -- do we have any image specialists here who could do relevant tests? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html