C'mon guys, think outside the box. If Earth reflects too much sunlight to see the background stars, then take a look at the Earth from the opposite side



Don't know if that's real, though.

kinda looks fake to me

wouldn't the sun be hanging out on the opposite side?

You can see it here, at 3:45. Pretty high def.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xZp81Ra73M

This post was edited by Black487 on May 18 2013 05:41pm

I thought so too, but it does sort of make sense. The light ring around the Earth is the atmosphere bending sunlight slightly around the Earth, so even if you don't get direct sunlight, you do would still expect there to be SOME light there.


The sun is about the size of your thumb if you point your thumb at it. From the right spot in outer space it's easy to imagine a place where you couldn't see the Sun in the background.

This post was edited by bentherdonethat on May 18 2013 09:55pm

The video I posted above demonstrates this. It shows the earth from orbit during daytime and you can't see any stars.

Then it transitions to the sun setting, and without any light pollution reflected off earth you can stars quite clearly.

/edit: Holy mother! Sorry for the less-than-convenient size over here.





This post was edited by Dmon_Hunter on May 19 2013 12:38pm

anyone with a basic understanding of astronomy can tell you why this is fake

might be doable if you mess with the exposure time of different parts of the field of view, but yeah not possible without doing some fudging.

This post was edited by Azrad on May 20 2013 04:02pm

ya too many people would pass those colorful galaxies off as stars lol... u can see galaxies in such a small picture of earth. u have to zoom in a tremendous amount further just to see galaxies as they are seen here