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Old 03-04-2008, 06:21 PM   #1
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March 4, 2008: Earth and Moon from Mars



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This is an image of Earth and the moon, acquired on October 3, 2007, by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

At the time the image was taken, Earth was 142 million kilometers (88 million miles) from Mars, giving the HiRISE image a scale of 142 kilometers (88 miles) per pixel, an Earth diameter of about 90 pixels and a moon diameter of 24 pixels. The phase angle is 98 degrees, which means that less than half of the disk of the Earth and the disk of the moon have direct illumination. We could image Earth and moon at full disk illumination only when they are on the opposite side of the sun from Mars, but then the range would be much greater and the image would show less detail.
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Old 03-04-2008, 07:16 PM   #2
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They look so lonely
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Old 03-04-2008, 08:02 PM   #3
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Great picture, awesome technology!
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Old 03-04-2008, 09:52 PM   #4
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The Earth looks lumpy.
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Old 03-04-2008, 10:32 PM   #5
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that is awesome - what amazing capabilities we have created. Too bad so many of them are destroying us at the same time.
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Old 03-04-2008, 10:43 PM   #6
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The Earth looks lumpy.
Sorry. I did that.
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Old 03-04-2008, 11:38 PM   #7
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Sorry. I did that.
Oh good, I thought I did it.
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Old 03-05-2008, 04:18 AM   #8
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You know... I wish they could've gotten the Sun into the picture too.
THAT would be awesome!
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Old 03-05-2008, 05:13 AM   #9
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You know... I wish they could've gotten the Sun into the picture too.
THAT would be awesome!
If they let me know when they are taking the next shot, I will bend over.
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Old 03-05-2008, 06:37 AM   #10
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the earth looks like the side view of a mammogram.

mammograms on the mind, I guess.
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Old 03-05-2008, 07:58 AM   #11
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the earth looks like the side view of a mammogram.
Do you see any suspicous legions?
Or is that lesions?
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Old 03-05-2008, 09:03 AM   #12
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Cool. My new desktop. So simple, yet, so profound. Or something.
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Old 03-05-2008, 11:01 AM   #13
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Spectacular!
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Old 03-05-2008, 12:22 PM   #14
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Shopped at Roswell, just like all the other NASA stuff that purports to be from the Moon, Mars or Saturn, etc.
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