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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Mars Rover takes a picture of earth
It made me realize how small I really am. Photo/NASA
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PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Kinda gives ya chills, eh?
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)rdking647
(5,113 posts)if you look at the bottom left of the screen you can see the initials ne (for northeast). its a picture taken from a planetarium program
barbtries
(28,795 posts)i was excited by that.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)And here I thought all the planets were coming into
alignment for the EOTW!!! Dammit!!!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)and see if those planets line up like that. I wonder what the date, and the geographical coordinates of the Mars Rover are?
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)If this makes you feel small, the vortex may kill you.
Silent3
(15,216 posts)And even if it's real, it's likely got the arrow pointing to the wrong dot. I found another copy of this same image here:
http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2010/08/view-from-mars-earth-jupiter-and-venus.html
...and the text there says this is Earth, Jupiter, and Venus, in that order, from top to bottom, which actually makes a bit more sense when I look at the recent positions of the planets over the past few months.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Take a look at the "pale blue dot" taken by Voyager I in 1990. We are all on the little dot on the right hand brown streak a little more than 1/2 way down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot
Looking at this make me feel really insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
sheshe2
(83,772 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)sheshe2
(83,772 posts)I highly recommend that everone watch the video RC linked.
I brought this back from it!
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WOW!
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)the rest of the cosmos must shudder...
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)I think I can see Russia from Mars kitchen window......Very Cooool!!!!!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)WashingtonConsensus
(29 posts)calimary
(81,272 posts)Glad you're here! In our tiny dot on a tiny dot!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)sheshe2
(83,772 posts)Welcome!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)Look close.
I'm the guy that is waving.
Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)turns out that somebody moved..and now we know who..!!
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Its ALWAYS me.
At least I didn't hold up Finger Devil Horns behind Venus.
TheAmbivalante
(114 posts)Carl Sagan - The Pale Blue Dot
Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)Arent those clouds in the sky? How can the earth be seen through those clouds?
I hope this is not a fake.... like the Moon landing turned out to be..
former9thward
(32,012 posts)Yavin4
(35,440 posts)We ain't that important in the grand scheme of things.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)Science illiteracy is a real problem, Martha.
Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)Is this photo a fake..I dont understand your post ..but I am troubled by the clouds in the pic..how can earth be visible through those clouds?
mike_c
(36,281 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)loudsue
(14,087 posts)We're a UFO!!
Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)Can you post the original link to this photo?...and can someone please explain how we can see earth and two other objects and yet the sky is filled with clouds??