The Blue Marble

Why is it scary?

And why does Lake Victoria look like a fluorescent blob?
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/2429/globe_east_2048.jpg

it could get whacked by a meteor or asteroid or comet or black hole.

think comet shoemaker-levy 9.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File😕hoemaker-Levy_9_on_1994-05-17.png

( http://tinyurl.com/yzr8ljv )

Or aliens could put a giant tractor beam on the earth and drag it thousands of light years to their own solar system and use it for a zoo.

Originally posted by homedepotov
Or aliens could put a giant tractor beam on the earth and drag it thousands of light years to their own solar system and use it for a zoo.

Originally posted by Palynka
Why is it scary?

And why does Lake Victoria look like a fluorescent blob?
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/2429/globe_east_2048.jpg

Originally posted by homedepotov
...and use it for a zoo.

Originally posted by Suzianne
I'm guessing he's referring to the "big brother" aspects of NASA imaging "every square kilometer" of the earth's surface.

And the florescent blue is just a bad color choice. It's just that the shallower the water, the lighter the blue, so naturally lakes, esp. those like Lake Victoria that are shallow, will stand out more.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35662192/ns/technology_and_science-space/

By the way, scary how an earthquake can shift the earth axis. Let's think positively, our life span in Earth days has just increased.

Originally posted by Palynka
The article says it's supposed to be in true-colour, so how can it be a colour choice?

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Our Lord God has made a poor color choice?

Originally posted by Phlabibit
This is how rumors start.

Originally posted by Ice Cold
No sir, this is how they start:
Phil wears a jock strap backwards for kicks.
Let the mill begin. 😏

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