Topic: NASA: News from MARS, we can see Earth all the way  (Read 2735 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

NASA: News from MARS, we can see Earth all the way
« on: February 08, 2014, 08:30:49 PM »


NASA's Curiosity rover on red planet has snapped its first view of Earth - with the Moon shining nearby - from the surface of Mars.

The image makes Earth look minuscule if seen from other planets!

Earlier, the most famous photograph of Earth from space was 'Pale Blue Dot' view captured by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990.

The Curiosity rover used the left-eye camera to get this striking image.


Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nasa-curiosity-rover-earths-picture-mars/1/342532.html

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
0 Replies
3039 Views
Last post August 09, 2012, 04:01:37 PM
by flukky01
0 Replies
2073 Views
Last post April 11, 2015, 07:00:25 PM
by flukky-1
0 Replies
1761 Views
Last post July 24, 2015, 01:01:06 PM
by olutee
0 Replies
1506 Views
Last post May 16, 2017, 07:02:09 AM
by thisday
0 Replies
1092 Views
Last post May 28, 2017, 07:02:30 AM
by thenation
0 Replies
1231 Views
Last post September 14, 2017, 07:01:11 AM
by goal.com
0 Replies
1928 Views
Last post November 27, 2018, 01:04:43 PM
by PulseNG
0 Replies
1212 Views
Last post November 23, 2020, 01:04:39 AM
by NaijaPilot
0 Replies
1616 Views
Last post October 12, 2022, 01:10:00 AM
by The Guardian
0 Replies
944 Views
Last post April 12, 2023, 01:00:23 PM
by olutee