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[Slick]

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Ok people, think in 3d spacially. The visible bands on Jupiter show the "plane" of the planets (since its axis is roughly perpendicular to the plane), however the plane is not totally flat and judging by the relative sizes, earth is much closer to the camera than Jupiter and slightly higher in the plane of the planets. This gives the "above" effect. The angle I show is for illustration purposes but must in actuality be very very small - almost zero so that the earth appears almost "above" Jupiter.

Slick.

[ May 23, 2003, 06:34: Message edited by: Slick ]