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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. 1st? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Post and pic!

  2. Images look funny by dtolton · · Score: 1, Troll

    I was looking at those images and for some reason they just didn't look right to me. If you browse down the page a bit, you'll see that not only was the moon "processed" into the image. Essentially the entire "earth" and Jupiter images were "processed" as well.

    Why does Jupiter look so big in that picture? Did anyone catch what magnification that picture was taken at? Jupiter was behind the earth, and a long ways away, why does it still look so big?

    Looks like the server puked under the load, hopefully they'll come back up soon.

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  3. More pictures available by I+Am+The+Owl · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've found that there are several low-res pictures of this and more available on some random website for some reason. Apparently these have leaked out onto the internet from NASA. Do we have an aspiring warezer working there or something?

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  4. Really cool high-altitude pix by Freston+Youseff · · Score: -1, Troll

    Here's a really cool link to the webcam atop the famous Kuala Lumpur Petronas towers. If you e-mail me at my e-mail address kidlinux@spacebox.net, I can send you some neat high res pix.

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  5. Re:Mission Accomplished by eurostar · · Score: 0, Troll

    North American side ?
    you mean the dark side of the earth ?

    with excuses to Pink Floyd...

  6. Re:"Processed" into the picture? by GammaTau · · Score: 1, Troll

    As if the people who claim the NASA missions to the moon are hoaxes didn't have enough ammuntion already...

    Oh, come on. The Moon is a Propaganda Hoax. The Mad Revisionist is even offering $100,000 for anyone who provides them, by e-mail, conclusive physical evidence of the existence of the moon.

  7. Re:Hey! by SeederGOD · · Score: 0, Troll

    so if you want to see it, try to go outside and look on it from sidewalk :) you don't need MGS to look on your house

  8. Re:Mirror by MisterFancypants · · Score: -1, Troll
    That is one boring fucking picture.

    Fuck that.

    Fuckers.

  9. Re:Mission Accomplished by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Europeans would.

  10. not slashdotted yet. by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 1, Troll

    http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/22may_alie nearth.htm?list522264

    Or at least i can still see it.
    YEp, whorin for karma.

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  11. the picture is incorrect ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    in the fifth picture, http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/ear th_americas.jpg, where you see the mapping of the globe, they're wrong. Th'yve put the south america where in the shot it's the north americe. The white part up is the north pole (ices) end the south america is at the far 'bottom' of the globe.
    Anyways i'ts nice.