Snapshot of Mother Earth from Mars

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Global Surveyor at May 22, 2003 12:00 PM

Have you ever wondered what you would see if you stood on Mars looking back at the Earth through a small telescope? Now you can see Earth through the eyes of our space-faring wanderer -- the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft -- which currently orbits the Red Planet. In fact, the spacecraft has flown around Mars for years, since September 1997.