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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

 

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