Earth, as seen from Mars

[Engywook]

The first photo of earth, as a planetary disc, were posted yesterday here:

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/

This was something I found to be very deeply moving. To see the earth, not as a point of light or as a shining sphere, but as a murky bluish pebble, gave me a lonely, melancholy feeling. Especially when shown in the same jpg as Jupiter. No songs or sermons, I think, can do this image justice.

[El_Cid_Viscoso]

I likened it to the mental image I believe Carl Sagan was trying to paint in Pale Blue Dot

[Ice_Wolf]

This has been posted here before but no still no less cool.

[green_bladder]

That’s just awesome. I think we can see the moon too… or maybe I just need to clean my monitor