View of Earth from Mercury

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by Jonathan Terhaar in New Trends on Tuesday 22 March 2011

This is a first. We humans created a space-traveling vessel that just orbited Mercury and was kind enough to take a photo to send back to its creators. The earth and moon are the obvious bright spots in the lower left quadrant.

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Abandoned by his family as an infant, Jonathan was left on a doorstep in Romania and raised by other orphans on a steady diet of moldy bread and aurolac. He found his way to the states in the mid-80s and founded several underground publications such as Sports Illustrated and People magazine at the age of 11. Jonathan now lives in Austin with a bunch of other hip, white people.

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Ben Hood Tuesday 22 March 2011

Very cool, but not the first and not as deep in space… In 1990 Voyager 1 took a photo of Earth from 6.1 billion kms. Carl Sagan requested the Voyager camera to be turned around to get the shot. Google pale blue dot and you can see the image.
bryan rapoza Tuesday 22 March 2011

ahh, Ben beat me to it. Carl Sagan indeed. Ad Astra!
Trish Thursday 24 March 2011

Yes! Google Pale Blue Dot! Go to the Wikipedia page and scroll down for Carl Sagan’s comments…. I got all choked up. Sincerely.

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