This image of the Earth and Moon was taken by the HiRISE instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on October 3rd, 2007. HiRISE’s main purpose is to take incredibly detailed pictures of the Martian surface, but it can also be used to view other planets (it had previously taken pictures of Jupiter). At a range of 142 million kilometers, the scale is about 142 km/pixel.
Everyday I post an image of Mars in r/Areology (many taken by HiRISE) so feel free to checkout that subreddit if you enjoy this kind of stuff!
htmanelski on January 10th, 2021 at 00:01 UTC »
This image of the Earth and Moon was taken by the HiRISE instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on October 3rd, 2007. HiRISE’s main purpose is to take incredibly detailed pictures of the Martian surface, but it can also be used to view other planets (it had previously taken pictures of Jupiter). At a range of 142 million kilometers, the scale is about 142 km/pixel.
Everyday I post an image of Mars in r/Areology (many taken by HiRISE) so feel free to checkout that subreddit if you enjoy this kind of stuff!
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Reddituser45005 on January 10th, 2021 at 00:19 UTC »
The moon is farther from the earth visually than I expected
GreyMan44 on January 10th, 2021 at 00:28 UTC »
I can't help but think of the War of the Worlds quote: "regarded this earth with envious eyes". Look at all that water!