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[cyba89]

I can see my house from there.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Hahahaha it's literally floating space cheese

Floating tonsil stones...

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Note that the Moon must be closer to the "camera" though as it should be much further away from Earth.

I was going to bitch about that, but yeah, obviously the only moment the 'real' distance would show is when the Earth and Luna are in a parallel state to the camera lens.

It's curious this is the first time afaik they made the shot composition though.


Also, on Phobos and Deimos: they are likely captured objects and not co-created moons, as far as those may exist at all (since the formation stage and beyond is messy, and the 'order' we observe is based on not understanding the scale of time).

There was a recent Bill Nye vid with "why don't gas giants have gas moons?" asked by a five year old. Somehow, in 30+ years, I had never thought of that.

 

[Maintenance]

Indies wish they had this kind of great pixelated graphics.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Why do we call our moon, "The Moon?" It's like calling Earth, "Planet."

 

[Anoregon]

Why do we call our moon, "The Moon?" It's like calling Earth, "Planet."

Saying "Luna" makes you sound like a weirdo.

Also, "earth" is also a generic term. It's almost as bad as calling it "planet"

 

[Bold One]

Did anyone else think Mystic Moon?

just me?

ok

 

[maquiladora]

Why do we call our moon, "The Moon?" It's like calling Earth, "Planet."

But we do say "The Planet".

 

[Master Yoshi]

A blue planet, with a huge moon! I wonder if we can someday travel there and begin a new civilization!

 

[norm9]

Looks fake.

 

[chromatic9]

They took an Oculus DK1 up there?

 

[Makonero]

Why do we call our moon, "The Moon?" It's like calling Earth, "Planet."

we call our planet "ground"

so yeah

 

[Jack Scofield]

Wouldn't Mars look WAY bigger if that's the way Earth looked from Mars? Mars doesn't appear as a giant red object, so why would Earth be large?

 

[karasu]

Our mama said we are special!

Just wait until they hatch

 

[msdstc]

This picture clearly shows a flat disc. I don't know what fakeness you're talking about

This is actually a top down picture.

I stand corrected. NASA slippin' not even trying to hide it anymore. #earthisobviouslyflat

 

[lamaroo]

Somebody send a better camera to Mars. Don't they have iPhone 7's there yet?

 

[ultratruman]

Wouldn't Mars look WAY bigger if that's the way Earth looked from Mars? Mars doesn't appear as a giant red object, so why would Earth be large?

Spoiler

Seriously though, this photo was taken from the telescopic lens of a satellite orbiting the Martian surface. JPL uses images like this to calibrate its camera, because we know the surface of the Earth and Moon very well. Thus, easier to say the kind of details of Earth and the Moon that the satellite should be able to make out if its camera is working perfectly.

 

[LordCanti]

Our mama said we are special!

You can't fool me... these are clearly potatoes.

 

[Aggelos]

Oh my goodness... There we are... This is home... That's us.
But do you think that one day (before the 21st century is out) our epigones-offsprings might have such a space vista from the Martian colony?.....



Up to this point, human beings have to return home (or brought home) no matter what... Come hell or high water....

 

[PKrockin]

More photoshopped propaganda to convince us the earth is round. Too late, NASA! Your lies have already been exposed!

 

[theWB27]

It's rather haunting