ISS desktop background

[Raistlen007]

Hello Orbinauts!

I've been a a lurker here for quite some time, and I made something I figured you guys would appreciate.

I recently found this image of the ISS on Astronomy picture of the day

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090406.html

So I played around with it in photoshop, and what I used ended up as my background, and I thought maybe some of you would like it too.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5559/spacestation.jpg

Enjoy!

 

[IronRain]

Looks very nice! Only I think it's too big for most of the people

 

[garyw]

Not bad but why did you remove the docked Soyuz? It looks odd with no Soyuz attached!

 

[Raistlen007]

Looks very nice! Only I think it's too big for most of the people

You're right, but I figured those of us who had smaller monitors or lower resolutions could easily downscale it, use the 'stretch' feature to make it fit, which I think is better than putting up a standard resolution and having it look bad on bigger monitors.

I'm happy to send a smaller version if anyone wants it.

Not bad but why did you remove the docked Soyuz? It looks odd with no Soyuz attached!

Mainly visual aesthetic. For me, the station looks very balanced with the central modules and the solar panels, and the Soyuz just kind of hangs there, so, just a matter of taste I guess.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Very nice! :speakcool:

 

[orb]

"My God, it's full of stars!"

But those stars look like they were squashed (in some like 2.5:1 ratio).

 

[Izack]

"My God, it's full of stars!"

But those stars look like they were squashed (in some like 2.5:1 ratio).

Are you sure it's not 1:4:9? :lol:

 

[tblaxland]

But those stars look like they were squashed (in some like 2.5:1 ratio).

That's motion blur

 

[computerex]

The first picture from NASA is fake, notice there are no stars.
(nice wallpaper )