This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. (March 8, 2004)
The image is a mosaic of images taken by the rover's navigation camera showing a broad view of the sky, and an image taken by the rover's panoramic camera of Earth. The contrast in the panoramic camera image was increased two times to make Earth easier to see.The inset shows a combination of four panoramic camera images zoomed in on Earth. The arrow points to Earth. Earth was too faint to be detected in images taken with the panoramic camera's color filters.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
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Derek_Custer 10 months ago | reply
Fantastic image.
lowickhill 10 months ago | reply
cute
dodagp 10 months ago | reply
What a little speck of a planet !!!!
gandolf_the_grey 10 months ago | reply
there is more mystery beauty above us than anywhere else in this world.
Bob Stauffer 10 months ago | reply
Thanks - what a historic image!
Blanca Paola Hernandez 10 months ago | reply
Hello spirit!
red.rubies 10 months ago | reply
hilarious!!
SURFERVALENCIA 10 months ago | reply
bello
True2Conscience 10 months ago | reply
So tiny. Only significant to Us who call Her Mamma.Yet still there are those who are raping Her at this very moment
Dan Hiris 10 months ago | reply
No EXIF data? What 35mm equivalent focal length was this shot at?
rchrdstranger 10 months ago | reply
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There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17.
“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides
by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will,
shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness,
for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children.
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance
and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers.
And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you.”
Now… I been sayin’ that shit for years. And if you ever heard it,
that meant your ass. You’d be dead right now.
I never gave much thought to what it meant.
I just thought it was a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker
before I popped a cap in his ass.
But I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice.
See, now I’m thinking: maybe it means you’re the evil man.
And I’m the righteous man.
And Mr. 9mm here… he’s the shepherd
protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness.
Or it could mean you’re the righteous man
and I’m the shepherd and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish.
And I’d like that.
But that shit ain’t the truth.
The truth is you’re the weak.
And I’m the tyranny of evil men.
But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd...
- Quentin Tarintino
_______________________
www.monologuedb.com/dramatic-male-monologues/ pulp-fiction...
toureasy47201 10 months ago | reply
rchrdstranger 10 months ago | reply
There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17.
“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides
by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will,
shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness,
for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children.
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance
and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers.
And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you.”
Now… I been sayin’ that shit for years. And if you ever heard it,
that meant your ass. You’d be dead right now.
I never gave much thought to what it meant.
I just thought it was a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker
before I popped a cap in his ass.
But I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice.
See, now I’m thinking: maybe it means you’re the evil man.
And I’m the righteous man.
And Mr. 9mm here… he’s the shepherd
protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness.
Or it could mean you’re the righteous man
and I’m the shepherd and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish.
And I’d like that.
But that shit ain’t the truth.
The truth is you’re the weak.
And I’m the tyranny of evil men.
But I’m tryin’, Ringo
. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd...
- Quentin Tarintino
_______________________
www.monologuedb.com/dramatic-male-monologues/ pulp-fiction...
ojo_de_vidrio 10 months ago | reply
Una imagen impactante
ginbevan 10 months ago | reply
"dust in the wind...........everything is dust in the wind"...........
SthrnYnki 9 months ago | reply
I love the way is says "from the surface of a planet beyond the moon." DUH! There are no planets before the moon! I think they meant any heavenly body besides the moon...I hope, anyway.
buckat2 9 months ago | reply
WOW , so awsome
everettalmond4 4 months ago | reply
Doo It Harder with Griphite and Epoxy ! ---NASA Work Horse !-------------------*
luigig75 2 months ago | reply
"Hello martians, we look like a dot in the sky, but there is so many things going on here" :)
e333e 2 months ago | reply
zoom in a bit please mr. rover