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Planet Earth observed through telescope orbiting Mars
Space Flight Now ^
| Jan 10, 2017
| Stephen Clark
Posted on 01/12/2017 9:39:41 AM PST by Ray76
One of NASAs satellites orbiting Mars has looked back home to record a Martians-eye view of the Earth and moon from 127 million miles (205 million kilometers) across the solar system.
(Excerpt) Read more at spaceflightnow.com ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: earth; mars; moon; planetearth
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:39:41 AM PST
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Ray76
To: Ray76
When did earth start orbiting Mars.
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:40:28 AM PST
by
KSCITYBOY
(The media is corrupt)
To: KSCITYBOY
very cool. thanks for posting
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:42:19 AM PST
by
laxcoach
(Government is greedy. Taxpayers who want their own money are not greedy.)
To: KSCITYBOY
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:42:44 AM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: KSCITYBOY
Has anyone ever considered that the universe orbits earth after all? I mean, what’s the point of reference? Isn’t that the pertinent fact? Why can’t we consider the Earth fixed and all of creation “orbiting” our planet, more or less?
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:43:15 AM PST
by
fwdude
(Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
To: Ray76
What scientific benefit comes from this use of expensive hardware sent to study MArs?
Social Science - what Martians see of the heavens?
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:43:30 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: Ray76
They look so insignificant compared to the stars you can see at night in a rural area.
Plus I can’t see any people on it :)
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:43:47 AM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Ray76
That’s a bit better photo than the one from the Mars Curiosity Rover. /s
To: Paladin2
According to the article the images were captured during camera calibration.
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:47:40 AM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: Ray76
Earth seen from Martian ground:
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:48:11 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
To: Ray76
My hair looks like a mess, as usual.
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:50:30 AM PST
by
fruser1
To: Ray76
Look at all that global warming. /sarc
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:50:38 AM PST
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: Maceman
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:50:47 AM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: Ray76
Very cool!
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:51:09 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the https:// basket of deplorables.)
To: Maceman
That’s how other planets appear from earth.
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01/12/2017 9:51:44 AM PST
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Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: Ray76
"Image analysts combined separate exposures of Earth and the moon for clarity and brightness, then combined the results into a single image. The moon appears darker than Earth, so a single exposure set to resolve Earth would result in a much dimmer moon."
Fake Science then....
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:52:01 AM PST
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Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: fwdude
“I mean, whats the point of reference? Isnt that the pertinent fact? Why cant we consider the Earth fixed and all of creation orbiting our planet, more or less?”
According to relativity, there is no universal frame of reference. You can pick whatever frame of reference is convenient for your purposes, as long as you are consistent.
So it’s no more correct to say that the earth revolves around the sun than it is to say the sun revolves around the earth. Either one can be true, depending on the frame of reference you choose.
To: Ray76
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:53:22 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: Ray76
Back to elementary school, for whomever is responsible for that garbled headline.
To: Flag_This
18 posts?!?!? Really!?!?!?
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posted on
01/12/2017 9:55:35 AM PST
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dfwgator
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