Earth and Moon from the Juno spacecraft

[pokerfan]

This image of Earth (on the left) and the moon (on the right) was taken by JunoCam on the Juno spacecraft, three weeks after its August 5 launch. On August 26, 2011, the spacecraft was already almost 10 million kilometers away from the Earth-Moon system. Credit: NASA / JPL / MSSS

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003161

[yurbud]

1. tres cool. It's hard to believe we used to be the center of the universe.

[pokerfan]

4. we're not even the center of the solar system

"There is in the universe neither center nor circumference." —Giordano Bruno, 1584.

(Sixteen years later he was burned at the stake by Roman Inquisition.)

[yurbud]

10. I'd hate to think what they'd do if he said the pope wore a funny hat.

[bayareamike]

2. "the pale blue dot". n/t

[pokerfan]

5. and the pale gray speck (n/t)

[trotsky]

9. ...

:thumbsup:

[JohnnyRingo]

3. "Fascinating"

Brings out the Spock in me.
That image sure reveals the vastness of space, and puts the moon's proximity in unique perspective.

Thanx for posting.

[pokerfan]

6. Yeah, more so than either one by itself

which is exactly why I deemed it worthy of a post.

[krispos42]

7. I wonder if Palin can see the flying head of Putin from 10 Gm away.

I wonder if we can find out experimentally.





Oh, and dub Bill O'Reilly "you can't explain that" about tides... ;-)

[Ian David]

8. See also: Pale Blue Dot

Mike & I were talking about the “Pale Blue Dot” and Carl Sagan’s powerful message, its relevance & perspective. If you’ve never heard this 1996 commencement speech before, please take a few minutes to watch the video below and share it with some friends. You won’t be disappointed! – Moni Pineda
http://friendswelove.com/blog/carl-sagan-pale-blue-dot/