Juno Looks Back, Photographs Earth-Moon System

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @07:39PM from the we-tread-upon-specks dept.

astroengine writes "Looking back as it zooms through interplanetary space, less than a month into its 445-million mile, five-year journey to the gas giant Jupiter, NASA's spacecraft Juno captured a portrait of the Earth and moon. Juno was 6 million miles away at the time. 'This is a remarkable sight people get to see all too rarely,' said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. 'This view of our planet shows how Earth looks from the outside, illustrating a special perspective of our role and place in the universe. We see a humbling yet beautiful view of ourselves.'"

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I don't think so by Anonymous Coward · 2011-08-30 19:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Fake! Where are those orbital lines you always see in diagrams?
1. Re:I don't think so by bjoast · 2011-08-30 21:47 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  They're there. You just can't see them because they're black.
Re:Oblig. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-08-30 20:47 · Score: 2, Funny

After many zooms and enhances. Photoshop Hollywood Edition (HE) can do it!
Re:Take your humility and suck it by Anonymous Coward · 2011-08-31 01:14 · Score: 1, Funny

That makes me feel pretty special.
That. And the short school bus.