Comments on: Earth from Mars http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 10:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: murrayhenson http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770305 murrayhenson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770305 Awesome. I only hope I live to see a person walk on Mars. Awesome. I only hope I live to see a person walk on Mars.

]]> By: insatiableatheist http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770826 insatiableatheist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770826 An inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars. (Carl Sagan). These are the true miracles of our times An inconspicuous point of light
against the bastion
and citadel of the stars.
(Carl Sagan).

These are the true miracles of our times

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-771860 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771860 Hey... so that our earth is very very small and we are small too. Thus we can't reach the end of the universe... so... if we can reach the end of the universe... what things can be exist out of the universe... wow..very interested.... Hey… so that our earth is very very small and we are small too. Thus we can’t reach the end of the universe…
so… if we can reach the end of the universe…
what things can be exist out of the universe… wow..very
interested….

]]> By: ian71 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770327 ian71 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770327 Well that's sorta how Mars looks from where we all are, so that's really not all that surprising. Well that’s sorta how Mars looks from where we all are, so that’s really not all that surprising.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770841 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770841 <blockquote>on a real clear night, could you see the Moon also?</blockquote> Well, maybe, but the Moon isn't nearly as bright as the Earth. The Moon looks "white" in our sky because there's no brighter reflective disk up there to compare it to, but as an object it is actually dark gray. http://www.planetary.org/image/PIA00013.jpg This should really be obvious from well-known photos http://www.planetary.org/image/earthrise__AS11-44-6552.jpg but psychologically people are resistant to the idea. On top of that, it's much smaller than the Earth.

on a real clear night, could you see the Moon also?

Well, maybe, but the Moon isn’t nearly as bright as the Earth. The Moon looks “white” in our sky because there’s no brighter reflective disk up there to compare it to, but as an object it is actually dark gray.

http://www.planetary.org/image/PIA00013.jpg

This should really be obvious from well-known photos

http://www.planetary.org/image/earthrise__AS11-44-6552.jpg

but psychologically people are resistant to the idea.

On top of that, it’s much smaller than the Earth.

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-775964 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775964 Cause it isn't one. It's a "this box is an enlargement of this area here" arrow. Cause it isn’t one. It’s a “this box is an enlargement of this area here” arrow.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-793897 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-793897 I really like it, very intersting.... I really like it, very intersting….

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770601 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770601 Hu-Mans! clap clap Hu-Mans! clap clap Hu-Mans! clap clap Suck on that, Martians! Hu-Mans!

clap clap

Hu-Mans!

clap clap

Hu-Mans!

clap clap

Suck on that, Martians!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770346 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770346 Awe: ur doin it wrong. Awe: ur doin it wrong.

]]> By: WaylonWillie http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770355 WaylonWillie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770355 Nice post--there is something powerful about looking at that little spot. Nice post–there is something powerful about looking at that little spot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770362 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770362 I wonder - on a real clear night, could you see the Moon also? I wonder – on a real clear night, could you see the Moon also?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770618 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770618 You can find the original at JPL (The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory). They maintain the asset catalog for the Mars Rover images. Dig around on that link below and if you don't find it on the site, then write to them. NASA has a pretty good reputation for being helpful. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/missiondetails.cfm?mission=MER You can find the original at JPL (The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory). They maintain the asset catalog for the Mars Rover images.

Dig around on that link below and if you don’t find it on the site, then write to them. NASA has a pretty good reputation for being helpful.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/missiondetails.cfm?mission=MER

]]> By: Shelby Davis http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770630 Shelby Davis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770630 That is awesome! Reminds me of the fact that not all the exciting stuff happened for my parents' generation. (Yeah, genetics and computers and LHCs are exciting too, but you know what I mean.) That is awesome! Reminds me of the fact that not all the exciting stuff happened for my parents’ generation.

(Yeah, genetics and computers and LHCs are exciting too, but you know what I mean.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770658 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770658 Spirit news!! We miss you, Spirit! When the news broke that NASA would stop trying to free Spirit from its thick, soupy grave, I made http://WheresSpirit.info as a simple "mock-u-morial". It was sort of a joke at the time... but what an impressive image this is. Quite moving. Spirit, you will be missed indeed. Spirit news!! We miss you, Spirit!

When the news broke that NASA would stop trying to free Spirit from its thick, soupy grave, I made http://WheresSpirit.info as a simple “mock-u-morial”. It was sort of a joke at the time… but what an impressive image this is. Quite moving.

Spirit, you will be missed indeed.

]]> By: Poochie http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770916 Poochie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770916 http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/david2307/we_are_here.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/david2307/we_are_here.jpg

]]> By: TimDrew http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770406 TimDrew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770406 Awesome. Simply awesome. And I look forward to the day that "You are Here" arrow reaches the bottom of the image... Awesome. Simply awesome.

And I look forward to the day that “You are Here” arrow reaches the bottom of the image…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-772236 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-772236 Why is the "you are here" arrow pointing the wrong way? Why is the “you are here” arrow pointing the wrong way?

]]> By: Spikeles http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770447 Spikeles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770447 This post wouldn't be complete with a reference to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot">Pale blue dot</a> This post wouldn’t be complete with a reference to the Pale blue dot

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770465 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770465 VERY cool... VERY cool…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770985 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770985 Except that, like Venus and Mercury, you'd only be able to see it at dawn or dusk. And because it would be a crescent shape, it wouldn't be nearly as bright. Except that, like Venus and Mercury, you’d only be able to see it at dawn or dusk. And because it would be a crescent shape, it wouldn’t be nearly as bright.

]]> By: Kerov http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770244 Kerov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770244 I so love this picture. Yeah, it's old. But it's classic. I so love this picture.

Yeah, it’s old. But it’s classic.

]]> By: JonStewartMill http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770247 JonStewartMill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770247 "that URL is invalid and cannot be loaded." “that URL is invalid and cannot be loaded.”

]]> By: Daedalus http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770249 Daedalus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770249 ...so far away. Looks cold out there. Gonna bake some cookies for our robot buddies in the sky. …so far away. Looks cold out there. Gonna bake some cookies for our robot buddies in the sky.

]]> By: Phlip http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770257 Phlip Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770257 Cue XKCD's Spirit Rover looking at it homesickly... Cue XKCD’s Spirit Rover looking at it homesickly…

]]> By: Elite Hacker http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770271 Elite Hacker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770271 Pure awesome/win. Pure awesome/win.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770272 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770272 Text message accompanying the photo: "Hey guys! When R U coming 2 get me?" Text message accompanying the photo: “Hey guys! When R U coming 2 get me?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770556 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770556 Anyone know where to find the original without the annotation and inset enlargement. Anyone know where to find the original without the annotation and inset enlargement.

]]> By: Spikeles http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/earth-from-mars.html#comment-770815 Spikeles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770815 http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~4~4~10897~112897:Earth-on-the-Horizon http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~4~4~10897~112897:Earth-on-the-Horizon

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