r/spaceporn Feb 07 '18

Surreal, absurd, outlandish, preposterous... But there it is. The entire earth clearly reflected off the side of a car. [1920x1080]

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u/Redexe Feb 07 '18

There are several cameras in and around the Tesla , but the batteries only lasted 12 hours and there are no sattelite dishes, solar panels or other coms devices mounted to broadcast imagery. It's dead now :/

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u/BlahYourHamster Feb 07 '18

In retrospect this is a bit of a missed opportunity. You would have thought they'd put at least a solar powered tracker on it.

Heck, even a solar powered camera that takes periodic pictures every so often would have been good enough.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/Gaijinloco Feb 07 '18

Right? They left the whole frickin’ passenger seat empty!

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u/dogfluffy Feb 07 '18

I called shotgun!