Geometry
The as-published photograph shows Earth:
- Polar orientation: south to left, north to right (Antarctica at 10 o'clock)
- Equator: center, running westward toward top right-hand corner
- Nightfall terminator crossing the African continent (lightish region to left is Namib Desert, Namibia; to right is Western Sahara/West Africa)
- Rotated clockwise approximately 135° from our typical North/South-Pole-oriented perspective
Read more about this topic: Earthrise
Famous quotes containing the word geometry:
“... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur, if certain lines meet, an angle is born. You cannot fail. It’s not going to fail; it is eternal. I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total. Thus, I’m able to avoid or manipulate or process pain.”
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“I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.”
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