Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Request for image of Earth

Hey, my dad is working on a pet project. He has an idea for a clock, which he's already made a version (or more--I'm not sure) of, but he's dissatisfied with the images he's been able to find. He's looking for a high-resolution picture of the Earth looking directly at the North Pole. He would like it to be a photograph, but he says he'd go for an artistic rendering, too, as long as it's a good, accurate representation. Naturally, the image would have to be public domain. Does anyone know of a good potential resource or know specifically where he can find the image he's looking for? I'd appreciate any insights I could pass on to him. Thanks!

Since I forgot my camera the last time I was that high above the north pole, I just tried my google skills, but came up only with this. Sorry.

What zoom level does he need? I have very nice ones, but the best one has my foot in it and in another one you can see my cat's tail!

Charles -

I assume you've done a search like this already and not found anything you like as a starting point?

Jason

Yeah, I did basic searches. I didn't spend too long on it. My dad was only able to find something up to 600-and-something by 600-and-something. He's already made two clocks using the image he found, but he's really hoping for something nicer. I figured with some amateur astronomers on the board there might be some good suggestions, even though astronomy is usually about looking AWAY from Earth. Ha ha.

Not sure if any of these will help. Looks like you can buy a hi-res version of the last one but don’t know it that’s an option.

http://www.triplespark.net/render/img/earth/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjvarga/247317142/

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/mclass/jr/LongNorthPoleAnimation.html

http://www.maps.com/map.aspx?pid=16462

Hey, thanks for taking the time. I will give my dad these links and see if anything works.

Won't the wobbling effect of the magnetic field result in inaccurate time display????

The effect will result, on the contrary, in the ONLY accurate clock in the world with built-in distributed leap year correction! CV's dad will just have to convince the authorities to change the lame and boring "standard" time keeping!