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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 04:43 PM
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New picture of Earth from space (pale blue crescent)
A sliver of the crescent Earth shines in bright blue in this ultraviolet view of the planet taken May 21, 2010 by Japan's Akatsuki probe headed for Venus.



http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth-photographed-by-japanese-spacecraft-100528.html
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 04:45 PM
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1. OMG EARTH IS A MUSLIN! BOMB IT!!!11!!11(biblepi/3)1!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 04:55 PM
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2. Wow!
How perfectly gorgeous!

I love crescent pictures, and normally they're of the moon...

This is the first time I've seen one of the Earth!

Thank you!
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WheelWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:51 PM
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3. That black area to the right of the crescent is the Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic
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atomic-fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 08:12 PM
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4. beautiful....
Hard to believe how bad we treat such a rare gem.
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byronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 02:02 PM
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5. Gorgeous.
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