Comments on: Earth and Moon Seen from Mars http://wanderingspace.net/2008/03/earth-and-moon-seen-from-mars/ Imaging the bodies of our Solar Sysytem Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:03:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: thomas http://wanderingspace.net/2008/03/earth-and-moon-seen-from-mars/#comment-1544 thomas Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:36:46 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=731#comment-1544 it is really just the idea that a small probe orbiting another planet which was designed to take images of a place much closer to it can see something so far away with such clarity. i suppose you are right, if i were in orbit around mars with a telescope in hand… it would be no surprise to see such a vision through the eye-piece of even a mediocre instrument. it is really just the idea that a small probe orbiting another planet which was designed to take images of a place much closer to it can see something so far away with such clarity. i suppose you are right, if i were in orbit around mars with a telescope in hand… it would be no surprise to see such a vision through the eye-piece of even a mediocre instrument.

]]> By: Gordan http://wanderingspace.net/2008/03/earth-and-moon-seen-from-mars/#comment-1543 Gordan Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:14:14 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=731#comment-1543 We've seen similar shots of Mars taken from amateur telescopes here on Earth, why would it be hard to imagine a telescope at Mars, without atmospheric blurring, could produce a similar result? I'm puzzled by this reaction, it's as though people imagine Mars-to-Earth distance is somehow larger than Earth-to-Mars distance? I think that might be just the "That's us!" factor that plays with one's sense of perspective and distance. We’ve seen similar shots of Mars taken from amateur telescopes here on Earth, why would it be hard to imagine a telescope at Mars, without atmospheric blurring, could produce a similar result?

I’m puzzled by this reaction, it’s as though people imagine Mars-to-Earth distance is somehow larger than Earth-to-Mars distance? I think that might be just the “That’s us!” factor that plays with one’s sense of perspective and distance.

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