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Pictures of Earth from Other Planets
Real Pictures of Earth from Space
Pictures of Earth can be captured from other planets. Several deep-space probes have photographed Earth over the years. These photos of Earth from space put into perspective how large our solar system is. Scientists are able to better understand our universe and our existence thanks to these pictures of Earth from other planets.
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Picture of Earth from Beyond Neptune
Also known as “The Pale Blue Dot”, this photo of Earth was the first ever photograph of the solar system. After completing its mission of studying the outer solar system, NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe captured this picture of Earth from 4 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) away on February 14, 1990.
Image of Earth Between Saturn’s Rings
Between the icy rings of Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Earth on April 12, 2017. Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth, when this photo was taken.
Earth Seen from Mars
The first picture of Earth from another planet was captured on October 3, 2007 from 88 million miles (142 kilometers) from Earth. This image of Earth from Mars was taken using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera.
Earth from Saturn
On July 19, 2013 from 898 million miles (1.44 billion kilometers), the third picture of Earth from another planet was taken. Earth can be seen under Saturn’s main rings, the F, G, and E rings.
Earth and Moon from Mercury
From 114 million miles (183 million kilometers) from Earth, NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and Moon on May 6, 2010.
