"I can see clearly now, the terrain isn't gone"

[PPI Tracy]

Pretty cool stuff....

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/01/nasa.earth.map/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

[PPI Tim]

Very cool Tracy. You appeal to the geographer in me.

[PPI Karl]

Totally amazing--beautiful hi res images.  What confuses me, though, is how they're acquired.  Since this imaging project is conducted on board the shuttle, why do some of the pictures look like they have panoramic views complete with blue skies?  Is it the angle at which they're taken that allows for that?  Or, is that an digital recreation that fills in black with blue sky?  It doesn't take away from the incredible beauty of the images.  I was just wond'rin'.

[PPI Tracy]

Damn it Karl....I'm a Medicare Part-D Director, not a scientist!