[Moonbase-discuss] Earth, Moon, & Jupiter FROM Mars

[JonAlexandr@aol.com]

WAY cool!  --Jon

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Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-368 Release

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/22/index.html

Earth, Moon, and Jupiter, as Seen From Mars

What does Earth look like when viewed from Mars?  At 13:00 GMT on 8 May 2003, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) had an opportunity to find out.  In addition, a fortuitous alignment of Earth and Jupiter -- the first planetary conjunction viewed from another planet -- permitted the MOC to acquire an image of both of these bodies and their larger satellites.  At the time, Mars and the orbiting camera were 139 million kilometers (86 million miles) from Earth and almost 1 billion kilometers (nearly 600 million miles) from Jupiter.