# Earth, as seen from Mars **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-as-seen-from-mars/178195 "2003-05-29T05:13:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-as-seen-from-mars/178195/1 "2003-05-29T05:13:59Z")
The first photo of earth, as a planetary disc, were posted yesterday here: [http://www.msss.com/mars\_images/moc/2003/05/22/](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. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-as-seen-from-mars/178195/2 "2003-05-29T05:43:37Z")
I likened it to the mental image I believe Carl Sagan was trying to paint in _Pale Blue Dot_ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-as-seen-from-mars/178195/3 "2003-05-29T07:10:45Z")
[This has been posted here before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=185765) but no still no less cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-as-seen-from-mars/178195/4 "2003-05-29T09:38:09Z")
That’s just awesome. I think we can see the moon too… or maybe I just need to clean my monitor