Pictures of Earth taken from Saturn

[Jimbuna]

There are probably better pictures available but hopefully if so then someone will post them.


Nasa has released photos of the Earth and Moon taken by a spacecraft orbiting Saturn - nearly a billion miles away


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23419543

[Sailor Steve]

Always amazing. :rock:

[Dowly]

On a mote of dust and all that. :salute:

[Platapus]

A billion miles away! From our Earth perspective, that's a long way. From a galaxy perspective, hardly worth measuring.

A billion miles is about 0.2 light years.

The closest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri (Wasn't he in Transformers?) and that is about 4 light years away.

[VipertheSniper]

how about that:

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/20130722_annotated_earth-moon_from_saturn_1920x1080.jpg

[Platapus]

Kinda makes some of our problems seem pretty insignificant huh?

[Dowly]

Was just coming to post that picture. Stunning. :huh:

Uncropped picture:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/ciclops_ir_2013/7696_18344_1.jpg

Earth and Moon:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/ciclops_ir_2013/7695_18346_1.jpg

[eddie]

Great pics!! I wonder if Voyager 1 turned its cameras towards earth right now, if it could even spot us? Especially as far out as it is right now.

[garren]

Waste of money and resources in my opinion. The Andromeda galaxy is coming to eat our galaxy alive in about 3 billion years. That money could be used towards feeding the hungry and providing them shelter until we all end up like a fart in the wind of the universe.

[Dowly]

Waste of money and resources in my opinion. The Andromeda galaxy is coming to eat our galaxy alive in about 3 billion years. That money could be used towards feeding the hungry and providing them shelter until we all end up like a fart in the wind of the universe.

Wouldnt that be the same thing as issuing everyone a gun to shoot themselves with?

Most of us are *******s, but fortunately there are few on this planets who are
working towards preserving us. It might be futile, but at least they are doing something.
I'm lucky if I see even moon partially habitable during my life time (I'm 27 atm),
but I still have hope for the ones who come after me to reach out to the stars
and start it all anew, remembering what we did wrong.

Then again.. we are humans.. we tend to famous it all up, dont we. :dead:

[Nippelspanner]

NASA is awesome... if they would just have more moneyz...:nope:
The Kerbals do it right!

[Dowly]

NASA is awesome... if they would just have more moneyz...:nope:


I'd love to see what all NASA, ESA, the Russians and China could do together in terms of space...

But you are right, Kerbals are our only hope! :D

[Nippelspanner]

I'd love to see what all NASA, ESA, the Russians and China could do together in terms of space...

Yeah. Funny thing is, when you ask an astronaut (no matter of what nation) he or she pretty much says the same "There are no borders on earth". The view seems to be so amazing that many of them suddenly realize things we, down here, miss out. The whole picture, so to say.

So yeah, if they would work together...wow...

[Dowly]

So yeah, if they would work together...wow...

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/x3rman/cp3983_HeresyStamp.png


:nope:

[Nippelspanner]

...what the...?:hmmm:

[Dowly]

...what the...?:hmmm:

Even thinking that every country would work together towards one goal is... silly.

So, basically, I agree with you. :)

[Nippelspanner]

Even thinking that every country would work together towards one goal is... silly.

So, basically, I agree with you. :)

Yep,
Too many cooks spoil the broth.

[Rhodes]

The closest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri (Wasn't he in Transformers?) and that is about 4 light years away.

There is no transformer with that name, I think! :O:
So Proxima Centauri is the nearest star and Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system?

Of the photos, marvellous!

[WernherVonTrapp]

Somehow, we don't look that big or significant from a distance perspective.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1307/earth_cassinimessenger_1799.jpg

[Platapus]

There is no transformer with that name, I think! :O:
So Proxima Centauri is the nearest star and Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system?



Alpha Centauri is a binary star system in which the two stars (Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B) are close enough to resolve as one bright (third brightest star) point of light. A third star of that system is Proxima Centauri (Alpha Centauri C) which can't be seen with the human eye only. Currently Proxima Centauri is the closest star.

The Centaurus Constellation is observable from the Southern Hemisphere.

Alpha Centauri B should not be confused with Beta Centaurus which is a different star system.

More than you probably ever wanted to know. :)

[Rhodes]

Not at all, Platapus, astronomy is one of my interests! Thanks!:up:

[Jimbuna]

Much better pictures, thanks :cool:

[Pisces]

A billion miles away! From our Earth perspective, that's a long way. From a galaxy perspective, hardly worth measuring.

A billion miles is about 0.2 light years.

The closest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri (Wasn't he in Transformers?) and that is about 4 light years away.That billion is probably meant to be 1.000.000.000, miles. (a thousand million) Which would be a light time of about 1.5 hours. A million million miles would be a light time of 61 days, which would be closer to your 0.2 light years.

The definition of 'billion' differs between countries/languages.

[AVGWarhawk]

All I can say is.....the Voyager is far far away! Holy mackerel.

[eddie]

All I can say is.....the Voyager is far far away! Holy mackerel.

Obviously you mean't the Cassini spacecraft which took those pictures. Its in orbit around Saturn ATM, but if you want to see a different perspective of Saturn from Voyager, check this out!! Not sure how long ago it was taken, but Saturn is in the lower left corner of the picture. Can't even see its rings.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/voyager1_zpsc8a0c825.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/voyager1_zpsc8a0c825.jpg.html)

One of the last pics of earth from Voyager, and like the caption says, that's all of us,lol It takes something like over 14 hours to get a signal from Voyager right now, I'd say that Voyager is definitely going where no man made spacecraft has gone before!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/earth-from-voyager_zps439a35fa.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/earth-from-voyager_zps439a35fa.jpg.html)

[Jimbuna]

As far away from my Uranus if you'd be so kind :O:

[eddie]

After remark like that Jim, you should end up in irons,lol

[Jimbuna]

Just as long as it is far enough away I'll be content :)

[eddie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/Japp_zpsb23d8f30.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/Japp_zpsb23d8f30.jpg.html)

Up to your old shenanigans again ,eh? Maybe an hour or two in my interrogation room and you will be singing a new tune, right Mr. Buna!?!

[Platapus]

That billion is probably meant to be 1.000.000.000, miles. (a thousand million) Which would be a light time of about 1.5 hours. A million million miles would be a light time of 61 days, which would be closer to your 0.2 light years.

The definition of 'billion' differs between countries/languages.

Yeah yeah, but since 1974 all the important countries finally agreed with the good ole US of A!!!!! :rock:

:D:D:D

[Stealhead]

Once they find that golden record that inside the two Voyagers Earth will get added to the "avoid at all costs" list.:D No doubt they can observe our communication systems anyway being possibly billions of years ahead in technology.

If you look at the odds of the being life in the vastness it is pretty high surely other life forms could be far far more advanced than we humans are and in all that vastness there must be places of far greater value than Earth.I have a feeling that the galactic rule is the "primitives" have to make first contact.

For all we know there could be life forms so advanced that they can control the entire universe or our perception of it.

Seriously though according to wiki that last photo posted by Eddie was taken by Voyager 1 back in 1990.

[WernherVonTrapp]

The Earth and Moon as seen from Mars:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/214812main_EarthMoon-browse.jpg

[eddie]

Well Stealhead, with Voyager traveling 23 more years since that photo, I imagine it could get a pic of our sun as a tiny dot, but doubt the earth would be visible!?!

[Stealhead]

I wonder how Voyager has to go before the signal simply takes too long to get back?:hmmm:

[The Enigma]

And I keep wondering how do they know that's earth and not some other planet?

[Jimbuna]

And I keep wondering how do they know that's earth and not some other planet?

If you zoom in close enough you can see the Empire State Building and a few other prominent features.

[The Enigma]

:haha: My screen resolution isn't high enough :dead:

[Jimbuna]

Doesn't need to be :03:

http://www2.raritanval.edu/departments/busadmin/full-time/Defilippis/tops/image/home/AnimSherlock_Ag00595.gif

[eddie]

I wonder how Voyager has to go before the signal simply takes too long to get back?:hmmm:

I don't know, the power supply on Voyager is supposed to be good until around 2025, maybe a little longer. Only a few of Voyagers components are working ATM, others have been powered down to save what little power it generates right now.

I wonder at what point its signal would be too weak for us to detect? I'll have to do some checking on Voyager 2, haven't read anything about it for a while.

[BrucePartington]

If you zoom in close enough you can see the Empire State Building and a few other prominent features.
I'd think that sign up on Mount Lee would stand out ...

[Jimbuna]

I'd think that sign up on Mount Lee would stand out ...

LOL :03:

[frau kaleun]

http://media.lolwall.co/c/2013/05/did-you-know-you-can-see-the-great-wall-of-china-from-space-if_266014-424x.jpeg

Also,

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7681940992/h06899161/

[Jimbuna]

^ That's nothing....there is actually life on Mars if you know the right places to explore...

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4217/3xsm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/22/3xsm.jpg/)

[The Enigma]

Those images are hilarious :haha::haha::haha: :har::har: