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This is what it looks like in July

"This picture looks altogether alien" "Oh. Yeah the whole planet looks like that" "The F it does! Every part looks different and alien and it's different all over the planet! We've got pictures!"

And us hominids can say "Hey let me show you this cool rock" to each other.

This scene is a composite of two NASA Perseverance rover Right Mastcam-Z camera images taken at a local Jezero Crater time of 11:25 am on Wednesday, 14 May 2025. I adjusted light levels, contrast, and colour balance to better match human vision. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Paul Byrne

We probably don't have the full intellect to measure how extraodinary such an event is. We see rocks...from Mars. But the entire human, HUMAN, evolution fits in the palm of one hand. Near miraculous. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Where did you get that picture of my front yard? I know I haven’t watered in a while.

Alexander Graham Bell: "Mr. Watson—Come here—I want to see you". Watson: "S'up?" Bell: "Got myself a new phone, and look at this image - it's another fricking planet, by George!"

I'm amazed that we figured out the science, engineering, materials, and laws of nature to be able to respond to your post of a picture from space on our phones. We have achieved amazing things. If only we treated fellow humans with the same great power and respect as we do our gadgets.

Me too

Given the size of the universe, I'm not sure that it means much to be the only inhabited planet out of eight (more or less).

Yes, still hugely valuable. (I went to a talk at Jodrell Bank a couple of years ago by one of the scientists who worked with Curiosity). It’s the twelve year old me still inside that still wants to see spiders…