Juno Looks Back, Photographs Earth-Moon System 100
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.'"
Better view from Mars Express (Score:5, Informative)
Pale Blue Dot (Score:4, Informative)
A quote of Carl Sagan [wikimedia.org], for those who don't know.
Uncultured Swine (Score:2, Informative)
Re:This is cool and all... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Better view from Mars Express (Score:5, Informative)
Back in 1977 when Voyager 1 began its' journey, it took this classic snapshot:
http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/The-Earth-Moon-System1.jpg [universetoday.com]