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PAGEOS Satellite (1966) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/pics@lemmy.world
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[–] houndeyes@toast.ooo 44 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Just like in that movie, Sphere, with Dustin Hoffman.

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[–] Evthestrike@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I read the book! Michael Crichton. Same guy who wrote Jurassic park

[–] addie@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I really like the book - I think it's one of his best. Subtle 'unreliable narrator' mind-fuck from beginning to end, nicely written and characterised. The film of it is an abomination, though.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I've not read the book yet but I've seen the movie and it's enjoyable by itself, maybe not a great adaptation, but still it was not terrible

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You know its reflective surface? Well, uh...

I hate to be the one non-scientist that picks this up, guys....

...What worries me is that it's reflecting everything but us.

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Could be a tilt shift lens which can distort perspective and make a photo look as if it's being taken from a slightly different angle. Not sure what to look for to disprove that hypothesis though.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i noticed that in the OP too and it confused me a bit. then i noticed the dark corner bottom left, which is probably a bit of the wall of the dark room the picture was taken out of. that's why the photographer isn't in the reflection.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

Just look at the center of the sphere. You see distant scaffolding and walkways. The camera could be a small one set up there.