[Seventy million miles (110 million kilometers) away, Earth appears as a white dot in the lower left, with the moon an even smaller dot but still clearly visible.
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture before going into orbit around asteroid Bennu. When it was taken, the spacecraft’s range to Bennu is only about 27 miles (43 kilometers), so the asteroid appears highly overexposed in the upper right.
Osiris-Rex launched from Florida in 2016, and entered around the asteroid Bennu, 70 million miles from Earth on New Year's Eve
It's the smallest celestial body ever to be orbited by a spacecraft. Bennu is just 1,600 feet (500 meters) across.
The spacecraft's laps are barely a mile (1.6 kilometers) above the asteroid's surface, another record.]
See article for pics of this asteroid. They are going to grab a sample and fly it back to Earth.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6571175/A-long-way-home-...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R StoneSculptor
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 08:19 am
Picture a bright blue ball
Picture a bright blue ball
Just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity
Paint it with a skin of sky
Brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race
Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face
But afraid, we may lay our home to waste
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee Herbal Dave
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 01:08 pm
Hey, I'm in that picture!
Hey, I'm in that picture!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius Thom2
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 03:09 pm
Great stuff, thanks.
Great stuff, thanks.
"Hey, I'm in that picture!"
LOL, yea you and a few billion others.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane fishcane
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 03:53 pm
Needs a wall
Needs a wall
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees FaceOnMars
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 04:49 pm
>Great stuff, thanks.
>Great stuff, thanks.
>"Hey, I'm in that picture!"
LOL, yea you and a few billion others.<<<<
"We" ARE the "Earth" (among "everything" "else")
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 05:37 pm
Cosmic!
Cosmic!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish Jazfish
on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 08:35 pm
I do not feel insignificant.
Yet I do not feel insignificant with this image.