Can you spot what's wrong with the picture?

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08 Feb 2011, 12:54 am

Can you spot what's wrong with this image?

It's an artists rendition of the NASA stereo satellites observing the sun.

Ok, so I suppose there are many things wrong with it, but go on, elaborate.

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08 Feb 2011, 1:47 am

First thing i noticed was that there where two satellite/probes. Next that the light looks like it is coming from behind the sun, and there are stars visible next to the sun and not in the space farther out.

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08 Feb 2011, 3:14 am

wouldn't they get burned to a crisp by the sun?

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08 Feb 2011, 4:34 am

The two satellites are lit from the direction of the observer.

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08 Feb 2011, 4:49 am

Chronos wrote:

Can you spot what's wrong with this image?

It's an artists rendition of the NASA stereo satellites observing the sun.

Ok, so I suppose there are many things wrong with it, but go on, elaborate.

obviously it is not to scale, but that is necessary to portray the satellites.

is it that the direction of the lighting falling on the forward face of the 2 satellites seems to come from the viewers direction ?

is it that the solar panels are not aligned directly toward the source of light?

is it that the communication dishes are both pointing away from the viewer (implying the earth)? (it is difficult to see at the resolution of the image)

is it that the prominence on the upper surface seems to cast a "shadow" on the coronal mass ejections?

i can not see anything questionable other than that.

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08 Feb 2011, 4:50 am

StuartN wrote:

The two satellites are lit from the direction of the observer.

blast. i was scrutinizing the picture while i wrote my post, and you beat me to it.

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