So with the astounding image of
Pluto that's just been released it got me thinking about what is the greatest/my favorite image taken from somewhere other than earth (I'm not including HST or other orbiting 'scopes here though as similar images are,
almost, obtainable from ground based obs).
The top list for me would have to include:
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Earthrise from Apollo 8
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Neil's footprint - EDIT: Buzz's footprint (thanks for the correction Matt)
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or the landing site ~40 years later
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That amazing image from Cassini of saturn and the Earth
- the Pale blue dot image
- that amazing
image of the Huygens landing site
-
one of the Venus surface images from one of the Venera spacecraft
- something from the MERs or MSL (
my favorite)
I guess a big part of what makes these images great, for me, is the difficulty of acquiring them, so this list isn't necessarily going to be full of pretty pictures.
The absolute, most astounding thing I've seen captured away from Earth is the
MSL MARDI decent movie. Watching it and thinking about what it took to obtain, and what it's success enabled, is truly incredible - plus it just looks really cool!!
Of course there are so many others, what do you think?
EDIT: I forgot about the
Blue Marble