Comments on: Our Earth and Moon, as seen from Mars

By: lilith

lilith — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:41:47 +0000

It would make an interesting photo, then we could see the alien moonbases on the dark side of the moon, as well as the OTHER artificial moon behind the moon.

Of course, NASA would probably airbrush it out.

Silly NASA, don't they know we can handle the truth?

By: L

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:17:42 +0000

Does the moon ever come between the Earth and Mars? Or is it on a different plane? That would make an interesting photo, too.

By: kaloran

kaloran — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:05:42 +0000

# Ali S. Says:
March 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

'I had the opening scene from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey playing in my head the moment I saw this...'

I had Halo 3 adagio playing at the time. Sorta works too.

By: aj

aj — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:42:37 +0000

@ electro^plankton
You would see that from Mars, kind of - if you were looking through a telescope. Look at the size of the moon, Mars is bigger than that and we still need a scope to make out any detail.

Its pretty awesome to get a good look at the distance from the earth to the moon - I knew the number (approx) but it doesn't sink in 'till you see it like that.

By: electro^plankton

electro^plankton — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:14:50 +0000

So this is what I would see waking up each morning on Mars. NEATORAMA!

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:07:15 +0000

I had the opening scene from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey playing in my head the moment I saw this. Gorgeous stuff!

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:59:02 +0000

I can see my house!

By: Adam Stanhope

Adam Stanhope — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:55:32 +0000

HiRISE lives on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which is in Mars' orbit. It's hair-splitting, I know, but the photo of Earth and our moon comes from Mars orbit - not Mars itself.

By: Sofar

Sofar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:54:11 +0000

That's very pretty. The Earth is not visible as a disc from Mars, but it'd still be a pretty blue dot.