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First View of Earth from Moon 
Date: 23 Aug 1966

NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the world’s first view of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was later reprised in color by the Apollo astronauts.

Credit: NASA

This is a new project I’ve started.

Earth as Art will feature a new image of the Earth from space every day. The title is shared with a series of photos taken by Landsats 5 and 7 and distributed by the USGS.

This blog, however, will use photos from every available source, whether from satellites, probes, rockets or astronauts, to showcase our planet’s beauty from that unique perspective.

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Star trail composite created with iss030e171842 thru iss030e171889

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discoverynews:

Celestial Paternity Test: Moon is Earth’s Child

The Earth is the moon’s single mother, according to a new “paternity test” done on Apollo lunar rock samples.

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“mother … paternity”

Those words do not go together.

discoverynews:

Why the Moon is Always Looking at Earth

One side of the moon is always facing us. Why?

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Image: The “man in the moon.” Source: NASA Goddard/Arizona State University.

It’s cause we’re untrustworthy and the Moon has to keep an eye on us.

ifuckinglovespace:

Great Lakes under an aurora, at night, as seen by the International Space Station.

As a friend put it, “Everywhere I have ever lived fits in this picture.”

smithsonianmag:

The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.

Photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

Ed note: Perfect for your desktop background. Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image

h/t Gizmodo

“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.”

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anna-fields-forever:

photo credit to: Aaron Escobar

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Planet Earth Doesn’t Know How To Make It Any Clearer It Wants Everyone To Leave

EARTH—According to a statement released to the press Tuesday, the planet Earth has “just about run out of ways” to let its roughly 6.9 billion human inhabitants know it wants them all to leave.

Following a recent series of disastrous floods along the Mississippi River and destructive tornadoes across much of the United States—as well as a year of even deadlier natural catastrophes all over the world—the Earth said its options for strongly implying that it no longer wants human beings living on it have basically been exhausted.

“At this point, I think I’ve stated my wishes quite loudly and clearly,” the Earth’s statement to all of humanity read in part. “I haven’t exactly been subtle about it, you realize. I have literally tried to drown you, crush you, starve you, dehydrate you, pump you full of diseases, and suck your homes and families into swirling vortices of death. Honestly, what more is it going to take for you people to get the message?”

“Do I have to spell it out for you?” the statement continued. “Get the fuck out of here. I want you to leave now.”

ifuckinglovespace:

Want to feel small?

fuckyeahspacedotcom:

Holy damn. Best photo ever! Endeavour docked to the ISS, long exposure to show the stars in the background as the Earth spins wildly underneath.

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Space Shuttle Discovery makes it entry into Earth from the ISS.