earths rotation..

hi all,ive been searching for a full rotation film of the planet earth,
not a computer generated or animated version,
but a film showing a full rotation,
i cant seem to find any,so i thought i would ask you clever people,if you know of any...thanks..

reply to post by cantsee4looking


Sorry I cant help you out but I wanted to mark this thread and see if any scientist types might come to your aid .I have heard that the earth does rotate and I have a tendency to believe it but seeing we have some that think we should fly to Mars and other worlds a simple film of our earth rotating would be neat to look at ..I can only assume that it might have to be filmed from the moon ....S&F

reply to post by cantsee4looking


Hi OP!

I am wondering if there is actually any real time footage of the earth doing a full revolution of 360 degrees.

To record such a film would mean obviously that it has to be done from a view point where the whole of the earth is visible to the camera; the camera would need to be well out there to fit the earth into the frame.

The point from which the filming is done would necessitate it being a static viewing point maintained for a period of 24 hours.

The craft carrying the camera would have to be both far enough away and to remain in exactly the same space for 24 hours. Is it possible for a craft to be piloted and remain completely static in space?

Also it would take 24 hours to watch the film in real time; it would be very slow indeed. It could be speeded up to say 1440 times and could be watched in a minute.

reply to post by cantsee4looking

Not exactly what you are looking for but impressive non the less...



Peace

reply to post by operation mindcrime


thats quite good but its not a full rotation,a film at that angle and full rotation would be perfect..
i would of thought i could find 1 eh?

reply to post by cantsee4looking


Try the original version of the video I posted earlier. It might have a full rotation in there.....don't know really.



Peace

reply to post by operation mindcrime


thanks ...amazing film.....just wish i could get a full rotation...

This is a 500 frame time lapse showing a 25 hour rotation period occuring December 11-12 1990 of Earth taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft at a distance of 1.3 million miles from Earth.

reply to post by Josephus


Yep lots of pics made into a vid but no vid ?

reply to post by the2ofusr1


Don't know if it's still available but dish network has/had an earth view channel.
I use to watch it to fall asleep very calming.

reply to post by thesaneone


But wouldn't that be a satellite rotating the earth ?

well ive really tryed to find a film with a full rotation,but cant...
i will ask nasa..

reply to post by the2ofusr1


what is a video other than a lot of pics strung together?

reply to post by Josephus


Well its not what the op was looking for ...You do know the difference right ?