Amazing image of the Earth and the Moon
I saw this on iflscience and thought I should share as it is great. Because of the atmosphere, the Moon looks quite close – whereas in reality, it’s really, really far away. Sorry if I am getting too scientific but the actual distance and scale are pretty damn easy to forget.
When the Japanese satellite Hayabusa 2 took a photo on its way to some asteroid or other, it took a photo of Earth and the Moon from 3 million km / 1.9 million miles away. The result is the amazing picture above. It reminds me of the Pale Blue Dot and now I feel all insignificant again.
