Pictures of Earth From Mars 290
11223 writes "Mars Global Surveyor has snapped a picture of Earth from its Mars orbit. This picture, the first of its kind, shows Earth, the Moon, and Jupiter. Earth is visible as a half disc exposing North and South America; apparently the Moon had to be "processed" into the picture."
Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Fake fake fake (Score:2, Funny)
That picture has been Photoshop'd. We never landed on the moon. Consume. Marry and reproduce.
Martian and Bugs Bunny (Score:1, Funny)
Mission Accomplished (Score:4, Funny)
But humor & politics aside, this is a great picture. You would think that just for this picture a considerable fraction of the mission's budget would have been justified.
my description of dead link (Score:5, Funny)
Well since it's slashdotted let me describe it for everyone. it looks like the picture they took from the moon only
Only US residents should be allowed to view images (Score:2, Funny)
"Improving" the photos (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fake fake fake (Score:2, Funny)
(Yes, I know you post was humor. =P)
Re:Images look funny (Score:3, Funny)
"Proccessed" the moon in? (Score:3, Funny)
HA! I thought so!
Re:Martian and Bugs Bunny (Score:5, Funny)
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In soviet russia, all your us are belong to base!
Karma: redundant
Re:Images look funny (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Processed" into the picture? (Score:2, Funny)
okay, I'm done. ^_^
Re:Slashdotted before out of "The Mysterious futur (Score:3, Funny)
Did people just outright ignore this request, or what?
Europa (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fake fake fake (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Very nice. (Score:2, Funny)
Typical Slashdot. We get an amazing photo and already we are looking for the pr0n angle
Re:Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
all the way from mars (Score:1, Funny)
This picture is OLD (Score:5, Funny)
I'd say over 5000 years old! This picture was one of the last ones taken by our ancestors before they boarded the last ships off of Mars towards Earth. After laying waste to all of Mars' natural resources and destroying the atmosphere, they needed a new place to call home. With the buildings and cars turning into fine iron dust under the heavy beating of the UV rays of the sun, they took one last snapshot and headed for Earth. Of course, there was a problem on the ride here and the computer lost all of its memory with only the hairdressers and accountants surviving the trip...
I think you know how the rest went.
It's good to see the picture's survived this long...it bodes well for Kodak and Fuji in our future.
Astrology on Mars (Score:2, Funny)
New Trek theme? (Score:3, Funny)
Boom (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hey! (Score:3, Funny)
Nasa is good at this (Score:4, Funny)
I suspect it must be done pretty well
Re:Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey! I didn't know Bill Gates read Slashdot!
Re:Images look funny (Score:2, Funny)
3rd grade science, apparently.
I'll give you a hint:
My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas
Re:Fake fake fake (Score:1, Funny)
``Consume Mary and reproduce!?'' What do you think we are? Pod people?
ASCII of earth from mars (Score:5, Funny)
Grayscale? Grayscale?!?! (Score:3, Funny)
They take one of the coolest pics ever, and they do it with a grayscale camera...
*rolls eyes*
No different than on Earth: (Score:1, Funny)
Earth from Mars! (Score:2, Funny)
Holy Percival Lowell, Batman! (Score:3, Funny)
I *swear to God*, there's *canals* on Earth!
-- Terry
Re:Hmmmm, interesting (Score:2, Funny)
::morning pre-coffee grogginess, not bothering to do anything to check::
JPEG artifacts. Next.
::yaaaawn::