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Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on May 21, 2009 0:46:04 GMT -5
I have been considering posting about this for some time now so...
In July of last year Dish Network launched their new satellite, the Echostar 11. The satellite is always fixated over the Western Hemisphere and upon this particular satellite they have installed a camera that takes a photo of the Earth every fifteen seconds.
On Earth Day of this year, Dish Network began airing their new station Dish Earth (ch 212). The channel yields the images from the satellite and of course it airs 24 hours a day.
If you get the chance, check out the station. They play some good music and it is interesting to watch for long periods of time while nomming the corn and just chillaxin'.
If you are not a Dish subscriber, don't give up hope! You can watch the 1 minute time lapse: (embedding has been disabled, so here's the link)
There was something like this when I lived in the dorms, roughly a decade ago. It sounds like pretty much the same programming, except it was billed as the NASA Channel. It was channel 99, and I've never seen it anywhere but those state-school dorms.
I don't know if it still exists, but the one might be related to the other.
Either way, it's better than a majority of the crap on TV.
There was something like this when I lived in the dorms, roughly a decade ago. It sounds like pretty much the same programming, except it was billed as the NASA Channel. It was channel 99, and I've never seen it anywhere but those state-school dorms.
I don't know if it still exists, but the one might be related to the other.
Either way, it's better than a majority of the crap on TV.
The NASA channel has been around for years on satellite TV from back in the days of the 10 foot fiberglass dishes.
Post by ChiefPemperToadWigginsky on May 29, 2009 11:48:39 GMT -5
^ DreamTimeMind I think I got some Lotus from you a few months ago.
On my local public access channel they show NASA footage every night. I love watching the space walks and the landings. How about that Hubble huh? The Deep field telescope dated for 2014(?) is gonna blow Hubble outta the water, can you imagine that within 6-7 years we will have close-up [ictures of planets in other systems? I can't wait.
here is one of the best videos I have ever seen. Some of the first pics of earth from space. Still holds the record for highest skydive (which will be broken this summer by a European stuntman)
Post by sweetmelissa on Jun 1, 2009 9:14:11 GMT -5
I checked out Dish Earth after reading this thread latnight. Interestingly enough, Rocket Man was playing. It is pretty thought provoking to watch that channel. We also have the NASA channel although I haven't really watched it all that much.
