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06-12-2005, 19:55
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The view from Space
I came across this the other day, courtesy of the European Space Agency and their Envosat.
This is a picture of our beautiful county, taken in 2002 from the icy wastes of space (low earth orbit) You are all down there...somewhere. No. Don't thank me. I do this as a public service. 
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06-12-2005, 20:10
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Re: The view from Space
Great pic.... I'm sure I can see my house from up here....
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06-12-2005, 20:54
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Re: The view from Space
I like Ab makes me feel home sick.
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06-12-2005, 22:56
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Re: The view from Space
I am shocked to be able to see the illegal cocklers in the middle of Morecambe Bay, working so far from the safe paths.
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07-12-2005, 01:02
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Re: The view from Space
Makes me cry to see such a beautiful sight, pity we don’t respect it in the way we should. I find it interesting to compare the shift in the coast line from the maps of the past. Fantastic picture Bob….more please.
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07-12-2005, 01:06
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Re: The view from Space
Interesting to see how far the sea goes out at Southport, by my measurments it looks like 79 miles.
Perhaps they should extend the pier.
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07-12-2005, 09:46
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Re: The view from Space
 I thought the lighter areas in the sea at the coast was polution, never realising how shallow it realy is.
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09-12-2005, 03:50
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Re: The view from Space
i love google earth for stufff like this
thats amazingly similar to this
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Re: The view from Space
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The light blue areas around the Fylde coast are the result of waterborne sediments from the Lune, Mersey and our own lovely Ribble. For reasons best known to itself it is unusually fine, which accounts for the watery coffee colour of the sea at Blackpool. As I child, Blackpool was my only experience of the sea until my parents took me to Anglesey when I was ten, I was shocked to discover that the sea was actually clear and that you could see to the bottom of it - in the shallow bits, obviously.
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09-12-2005, 16:58
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Re: The view from Space
If anyone likes this sort of photograph take a look at the NASA site:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
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09-12-2005, 17:44
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Re: The view from Space
Now theres a site I aint been on in a while sadly. Always enjoyed the NASA and JPL sites. Time I made a little appointment to visit them again starting tonight. Cheers yerself.
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