Earth And Comet Pan-Starrs Pictured From 100 Million Miles Away (PHOTOS)

[marcus300]

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A Nasa spacecraft has captured an incredible image of the Earth from more than 100 million miles away.

Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory B (Stereo-B) is currently located between the Sun and the Earth, with an excellent view of the Comet Pan-Starrs which lit up northern skies last month.

On 13 March it captured a photo of the comet and the Earth with its Heliospheric imager, which is usually focused on the Sun in order to monitor space weather and learn about our star's composition.


The comet was about 0.3 Astronomical Units (AU, or 93 million miles) from the Sun at the time of the picture, and about 1.1 AU from the Earth.

The comet is the bright, wide cone in the middle of the image. Earth can be seen just to the right of that.

While it is not the furthest distance from which Earth has been pictured - that honour belong's to Voyager's famous Pale Blue Dot - it's a startling picture of our world and the massive distances involved in travel even within our solar system.

[Hazard]

Awesome picture. Thanks Marcus. It really makes one think of how insignificant we are. Our planet looks like every other star from far away.

~Haz~

[kelkel]

Really makes you think there's just got to be other intelligent forms out there........

[cornfedboy2000]

cool pic, I always have pics from the hubble as my background on my phone... love space

[marcus300]

Awesome picture. Thanks Marcus. It really makes one think of how insignificant we are. Our planet looks like every other star from far away.

~Haz~

exactly, it puts things in perspective how small we really are and also tells us, surely we are not alone

[warmouth]

Nice progression! Seriously though, keep posting this stuff. It is awesome to read and look at. That picture is unreal.

[MickeyKnox]

Marcus is hoping one will land in his backyard so he'll be 5 million $ richer. lol

[Hazard]

Marcus is hoping one will land in his backyard so he'll be 5 million $ richer. lol

I think one landed in his bicep..... U see that fvckin thing? Lol

[MickeyKnox]

I think one landed in his bicep..... U see that fvckin thing? Lol

No kidding! lol

Marcus also has terrific muscle bellies in his forearms too! Hard work and proper diet.

[RA]

Very cool pic. Would love it if that fvcktard Obama wouldn't have cut NASA's budget and re-designated them to keeping an eye on the fake ass global warming hoax. Ok ok. I don't like him very much.

[Knockout_Power]

Really makes you think there's just got to be other intelligent forms out there........

I know you're not referring to humans...

Love pics like this. Its kind of scary really how Earth is really just lost in space. Kind of like floating in the middle of the ocean with no land in sight