Great image published in the DigitalGlobe/QuickBird satellite site:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/sample_imagery.shtml
(click on the hi-res version)

Many of the other sample images were very good as well. I particularly liked the following two 'geological' images:

http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/qb/uphe...l20_2003_dg.jpg

This is a natural color, 2.4-meter high-resolution QuickBird satellite image featuring the upheaval crater in the Canyonlands of Utah.

http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/qb/etna_col103102_DG.jpg

This multispectral image of Mt. Etna was collected by QuickBird on October 27, 2002. This image shows the volcano as it continued to rage four days after it began erupting on October 27. Visible in the lower-right corner of the image is the nearby town of Zafferana Etnea.

Bill

2.4m/pixel eh

PAH

MRO 0.3m/pixel Every pixel that Quickbird takes, MRO can take almost 50

Doug

Doug, may be I missed some piece of information... Quickbird resolution should be 60cm/pixel, are you referring to a particular spectral channel?

I was referring to the resolution quoted by Mongo!

I know there are commercial earth-obs at <1m/pixel - but I dont believe there are any data sets publically available that will even match the resolution of MRO iirc

Doug

Hi Folks,

Sorry for the "BUMP" but just wondered if anyone was following today's shuttle launch and by what means you are doing so.

NASA TV refuses to work on my machine and so I am relying on the following :

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countd...o/video45m.html

and

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/launch/launch-vlcc.html

Does anyone have any better suggestions?

Many thanks

Brian

I'd use spaceflightnow.com for text based updates - usually fast and accurate

Doug

Thanks Doug,

I will check it out.........

Brian

BBC has an excellent feed on their website i'm watching it now

T-2min

t-1min

here we go

10, 9, 8...

go go go

wow live shots from the external fuel tank as we go up.. sweeet

SRB sep.

3000mph, 33 miles up, 40 miles downrange

The last webcam shot......

Cool!

Main tank sep. Awesome, shown live from the external tank, very cool video sequence of the sep. attachement shows sep sequence.

now quick lets start the primary school science experiments. Bah!

That ET footage was fantastic- did you see the SSME plume growing during assent - and the RCS firing, along with the OMS burn just after ET sep - it was brilliant - good to see that they cleared the issue they had with the SRB-Sep motors fogging the camera from the last time they did this.

I'm not a fan of ISS/Shuttle - BUT - you cant help but be in awe of it all when it goes right.

God speed the crew of Discovery.


Doug

So many TLA's.......(and an FLA thrown in for good measure)

Yeah the ET footage was pretty special, gotta 'fess i wasn't expecting it which made it all the more exciting.

hah ha, no fogging this time makes for a proper sci-fi view.

/wishing them a safe flight.

STS-114 Launch... as seen from 40 miles south of the pad.... south of Melbourne Beach.
It was a bit hazy, plus moving to the NE away... so not too clear a view. Next time I think I'll drive up the coast.

Click to view attachment

spaceflightnow are reporting debris breaking off the external tank at SRB seperation.

1512 GMT (11:12 a.m. EDT)

T+plus 33 minutes. A few seconds after solid rocket booster separation, a large chunk of something broke free from the external fuel tank. The onboard video camera mounted on the tank showed the object flying away from the vehicle without striking Discovery.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts1...50726debris.jpg