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  • NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

    From Mars to Earth and the Moon, 127 million miles away

    by 
    Timothy J. Seppala
    Timothy J. Seppala
    01.08.2017

    The pale blue dot we call home is back in the limelight again. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter grabbed a shot of Earth and our moon with its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) from a pretty staggering distance late last year. Now, it might look a little pixelated at first, but you need to understand the circumstances before casting judgment.