view of the Earth from the far side of the moon (18)
sunnydaygal: I found this photo interesting and thought, perhaps, some of you would too. It was taken by a Chinese spacecraft looking back towards Earth from the far side of the moon
The Earth hangs like a white and blue bauble in the black of space, distant and heart-achingly beautiful. Much closer lies the Moon, gray and white and black, its more-unfamiliar far side facing the spacecraft as it rounds the world, preparing to head back to Earth. For just a fleeting moment I could have been convinced someone had added a photo of the planet Mercury here; the Moon’s obverse half is so strikingly different than the near side. The lack of dark maria (except for Mare Moscoviense to the upper left) makes the Moon look like every bit the alien world that it really is.
The Earth hangs like a white and blue bauble in the black of space, distant and heart-achingly beautiful. Much closer lies the Moon, gray and white and black, its more-unfamiliar far side facing the spacecraft as it rounds the world, preparing to head back to Earth. For just a fleeting moment I could have been convinced someone had added a photo of the planet Mercury here; the Moon’s obverse half is so strikingly different than the near side. The lack of dark maria (except for Mare Moscoviense to the upper left) makes the Moon look like every bit the alien world that it really is.
Gee, is that Harry Stamper still floating in geosynchronous orbit around the moon (Bruce Willis, Armageddon)
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What is that dark spot sort of in the middle, an impact crater? It's strange because there seems to be 4 white dots forming a rough square around the dark spot.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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my vision is not that good to see the details up close but it may have more info about those spots in one of the other articles this pic has been posted on. I just saw the story, I think it was yesterday. the pic was just so opposite to the way I always thought of viewing the Earth, I also got to see a pic, some time ago, that was taken from the Voyager space probe that we, here in the USA launched 35 years ago, as it was leaving our solar system and looking back towards the earth
here is one of the articles that shows to pic from that view
but of course we here on Earth are nothing but one of the zillions of stars in the sky from that point of view :)
here is one of the articles that shows to pic from that view
but of course we here on Earth are nothing but one of the zillions of stars in the sky from that point of view :)
ooby_dooby: What is that dark spot sort of in the middle, an impact crater? It's strange because there seems to be 4 white dots forming a rough square around the dark spot.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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It's a great photo ! are you sure you didn't take it..?? :)
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ooby_dooby: What is that dark spot sort of in the middle, an impact crater? It's strange because there seems to be 4 white dots forming a rough square around the dark spot.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
That would just be a Lunar Maria.
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sunnydaygal: I found this photo interesting and thought, perhaps, some of you would too. It was taken by a Chinese spacecraft looking back towards Earth from the far side of the moon
The Earth hangs like a white and blue bauble in the black of space, distant and heart-achingly beautiful. Much closer lies the Moon, gray and white and black, its more-unfamiliar far side facing the spacecraft as it rounds the world, preparing to head back to Earth. For just a fleeting moment I could have been convinced someone had added a photo of the planet Mercury here; the Moon’s obverse half is so strikingly different than the near side. The lack of dark maria (except for Mare Moscoviense to the upper left) makes the Moon look like every bit the alien world that it really is.
Very Beautiful , There more Pics , see ,we live on a beautiful planet ,Love it.The Earth hangs like a white and blue bauble in the black of space, distant and heart-achingly beautiful. Much closer lies the Moon, gray and white and black, its more-unfamiliar far side facing the spacecraft as it rounds the world, preparing to head back to Earth. For just a fleeting moment I could have been convinced someone had added a photo of the planet Mercury here; the Moon’s obverse half is so strikingly different than the near side. The lack of dark maria (except for Mare Moscoviense to the upper left) makes the Moon look like every bit the alien world that it really is.
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2girlsnocup: That would just be a Lunar Maria. Formed when lava flowed to the moons surface.
strange things happen on the dark side of the moon
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ooby_dooby: What is that dark spot sort of in the middle, an impact crater? It's strange because there seems to be 4 white dots forming a rough square around the dark spot.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
MH 370.
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sunnydaygal: is that in reference to what the crater is in the pic? do they refer to it as MH 370?
I'm sorry. My comment was in poor taste.
It refers to the missing Malaysian airliner.
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sunnydaygal: until I get my landings a bit more perfected, I learned to keep both feet on the ground
however, would be AWESOME to see this pic live, as it was happening
however, would be AWESOME to see this pic live, as it was happening
and as i did not post this comment correctly, it is in reference to the nice man with the comment about the plane
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Earth is beautiful planet from space view ...Love it ..
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sunnydaygal: thank you for posting that info 2girls :)
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I found this photo interesting and thought, perhaps, some of you would too. It was taken by a Chinese spacecraft looking back towards Earth from the far side of the moon
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/10/30/chang_e_5_photo_of_moon_and_earth.html
The Earth hangs like a white and blue bauble in the black of space, distant and heart-achingly beautiful. Much closer lies the Moon, gray and white and black, its more-unfamiliar far side facing the spacecraft as it rounds the world, preparing to head back to Earth. For just a fleeting moment I could have been convinced someone had added a photo of the planet Mercury here; the Moon’s obverse half is so strikingly different than the near side. The lack of dark maria (except for Mare Moscoviense to the upper left) makes the Moon look like every bit the alien world that it really is.