Rosetta Comet Chaser Images Earth and Moon

An anonymous reader writes "Using its navigation cameras at the end of July, the comet chasing probe, Rosetta, captured this photograph while looking back towards Earth. From a distance of over 42 million miles, the Earth and Moon look faintly like two headlights on a deserted road. The larger image particularly seems to underscore why Carl Sagan reflected (PDF) on all the battles fought for what?--to become 'the momentary masters of a fraction of a tiny dot.'"

Pale blue dot

[XenoBOFH]

All I can say is read Carl Sagan' Pale Blue Dot [amazon.com]. It is a brilliant book about our fragile little world, and why we need to take better care of it - or get off it.

Not a lot

[eingram]

42 million miles sounds like a lot, but that's not even half of an AU (1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun). I'm not sure the point of my post, maybe it makes us seem more insignificant, or maybe not. I'm not sure. :)