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Pictures of Earth From Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can-see-my-house-from-here dept.

11223 writes "Mars Global Surveyor has snapped a picture of Earth from its Mars orbit. This picture, the first of its kind, shows Earth, the Moon, and Jupiter. Earth is visible as a half disc exposing North and South America; apparently the Moon had to be "processed" into the picture."

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  1. Hey! by kidlinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can see my house from here!

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    -kidlinux.
    1. Re:Hey! by billimad · · Score: 5, Funny

      if you look real close you can see a tiny flash of light as a web server goes up in flames.

  2. my description of dead link by Brigadier · · Score: 5, Funny



    Well since it's slashdotted let me describe it for everyone. it looks like the picture they took from the moon only .... muuuch much much smaller

  3. This picture is OLD by Kaz+Riprock · · Score: 5, Funny


    I'd say over 5000 years old! This picture was one of the last ones taken by our ancestors before they boarded the last ships off of Mars towards Earth. After laying waste to all of Mars' natural resources and destroying the atmosphere, they needed a new place to call home. With the buildings and cars turning into fine iron dust under the heavy beating of the UV rays of the sun, they took one last snapshot and headed for Earth. Of course, there was a problem on the ride here and the computer lost all of its memory with only the hairdressers and accountants surviving the trip...

    I think you know how the rest went.

    It's good to see the picture's survived this long...it bodes well for Kodak and Fuji in our future.

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    Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
  4. ASCII of earth from mars by Andreas(R) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The server is /.'ed, here is the ASCII-image of earth from Mars:

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