Science Friction

How many games have you been to at Corbin? I've been to probably 600 or more. No home cooking. It's a myth. I do think that some teams are at a disadvantage if they buy into the myth that they will be playing a 5 on 8 game. Lexington Catholic imploded last year. Lost their composure. Their coach was out at midcourt. The ref had no choice to hit him with two T's. Last year in the CFIT finals, I was sitting by some KC fans and they thought they were getting shafted on every single call. It just wasn't the case. Same thing in the regional semis at the arena. Probably woke up this morning thinking their gonna get the shaft. It's a myth, but by all means keep believing it. Should make for an interesting CFIT finals and another KC loss.

Come on down to the CFIT for what will hopefully be a Corbin/Knox final. Should be very entertaining. Those schools like each other about as much as the Bengals and Steelers do.

Most teams should be better in Feb. than December. If not, something is wrong. Knox should be good enough to reach the region region championship and fall short.

Knox may not lose until they face Corbin. Then they'll lose.

He had a quiet game against LCA, but had, I think, 25 pts. in the opener against Pineville. He's gonna be a solid contributor all season.

Alex got his first varsity start. He scored 17 points. Played very, very well.

Post #540 . The Earth and moon, photographed on the same Day- July 19, 2013 ... first from Saturn, about 870 million miles away , then from Mercury, about 62 million miles away.

Post #538 Dark side of the moon "photobomb."

Post #537. Full moon from the ISS.

Post #536. Earth and Moon from Galileo spacecraft, about 4 million miles away.

Post #535. Earthrise(Apollo 12).

Post #534 Earth and Moon from Saturn. Earth shown with an arrow.

Post #533- First -ever pic of Earth from Moon(1966).

In order of post. Post #532- Earth & Moon from Mars.

Some of the pics aren't showing up. I will try to repost them.

Glad you were able to check it out. Are you still enjoying the thread? Let me know if there are specific things you want me to post about. Thanks as always.

Here are two images that I'm putting together for a reason. Both images were captured on the SAME DAY--- July 19,2013. Our own pale blue dot and our celestial neighbor, the moon , are photographed together in both images. The first image, zoomed-in to show both Earth and moon, was taken by Cassini from Saturn. The second image was captured by the Messenger spacecraft from Mercury. Two pictures of the Earth and moon together captured from two distant planetary outposts in our solar system on the exact same day- how about that! The Cassini photo was taken from 870 million miles away; the Messenger image from about 62 million miles away. That's us... seen from two different planets... on the very same day!!! Simply awe-inspiring!!! Hope you enjoy! [ATTACH]64836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]64837[/ATTACH]

The far side of the moon, never seen from Earth, passes between NOAA's DSCOVR satellite and Earth in a "lunar photobomb." "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. " --- PINK FLOYD [ATTACH]64835[/ATTACH]

The full moon appears to sink into Earth's atmosphere in a November 2013 photograph from the International Space Station. Any idea why the bottom of the moon appears distorted? [ATTACH]64834[/ATTACH]

The Galileo spacecraft, the first to visit an asteroid and to thoroughly document Jupiter's moons, captured this composite view of Earth and its moon on December 16, 1992, 3.9 million miles from Earth. [ATTACH]64832[/ATTACH]

I love this picture!!! Can you imagine being on the moon and watching Earthrise? In this photograph taken during the second successful mission to land on the moon, Apollo 12 astronauts captured the mystical scene of an Earthrise. [ATTACH]64831[/ATTACH]

In this rare image taken by the wide-angle camera of NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013, Earth and its moon are pictured with Saturn's rings in the foreground (Earth is denoted with an arrow). You may have to look really close to see the moon. It's the faint dot to our home planet's immediate left in the image. [ATTACH]64830[/ATTACH]

This photo was the world's first view of Earth taken near the moon. It was snapped by the U.S. Lunar Orbiter I on August 23, 1966, when the spacecraft was just about to pass behind the moon on its 16th orbit. [ATTACH]64829[/ATTACH]

In this image taken in November 2016 from 127 million miles away by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Earth and the moon are pictured together. [ATTACH]64828[/ATTACH]

I love pictures that put our little world in perspective. I particularly like pictures of Earth and our celestial mate, the Moon, together. Here are some of my favorites. Hope you enjoy. In its final days exploring Saturn in April of this year, Cassini snapped this picture of the Earth and the Moon, seen as tiny points of light between the rings of the giant world . Cassini was , I believe, about 868,000,000 miles from Earth when the image was captured. Even a trip to Lenscrafters wouldn't help you from this distance, but the southern Atlantic is facing Saturn in this pic.