Earth, as seen from Mars

By Alexander Rose @zander

Jun 12, 02008

New images from the Mars HiRISE orbital camera. Yup thats us, earth, and our little moon too…

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What is the long now?

The Long Now Foundation is a nonprofit established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.