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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 NASA’s 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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1 posted on 01/12/2017 9:39:41 AM PST by Ray76
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When did earth start orbiting Mars.


2 posted on 01/12/2017 9:40:28 AM PST by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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very cool. thanks for posting


3 posted on 01/12/2017 9:42:19 AM PST by laxcoach (Government is greedy. Taxpayers who want their own money are not greedy.)
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To: KSCITYBOY

Shhh. That’s top secret.


4 posted on 01/12/2017 9:42:44 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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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?


5 posted on 01/12/2017 9:43:15 AM PST by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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What scientific benefit comes from this use of expensive hardware sent to study MArs?

Social Science - what Martians see of the heavens?

6 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.)
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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 :)


7 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)
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To: Ray76

That’s a bit better photo than the one from the Mars Curiosity Rover. /s


8 posted on 01/12/2017 9:45:10 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Paladin2

According to the article the images were captured during camera calibration.


9 posted on 01/12/2017 9:47:40 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76
Earth seen from Martian ground:


10 posted on 01/12/2017 9:48:11 AM PST by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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To: Ray76

My hair looks like a mess, as usual.


11 posted on 01/12/2017 9:50:30 AM PST by fruser1
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Look at all that global warming. /sarc


12 posted on 01/12/2017 9:50:38 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Maceman

Thanks.


13 posted on 01/12/2017 9:50:47 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76
Very cool!


14 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.)
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To: Maceman

That’s how other planets appear from earth.


15 posted on 01/12/2017 9:51:44 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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"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....

16 posted on 01/12/2017 9:52:01 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: fwdude

“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?”

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.


17 posted on 01/12/2017 9:53:00 AM PST by Boogieman
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18 posted on 01/12/2017 9:53:22 AM PST by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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Back to elementary school, for whomever is responsible for that garbled headline.


19 posted on 01/12/2017 9:53:38 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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18 posts?!?!? Really!?!?!?


20 posted on 01/12/2017 9:55:35 AM PST by dfwgator
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