Starship Asterisk*

I have heard the statistics before, but I do not recall previously having seen this image or any other graphic depicting it visually. Cool. Having seen it, the image certainly creates a hard-to-forget imprint on the brain. imho

It means more now that I am aware of there being so much water and ice in and beyond the Solar System. It might be feasible that, eons ago, a collision between Earth and a large "icy" body could have resulted in there being so much surface water. -- Tom Carroll/Physics/Keuka College (NY)

Salt extracted? wrote:I wonder if the representation considers the sea's salt or is it just water? :)

When you add salt to water, the volume actually goes down a bit. But either way, you're not going to see a visual difference in an image like this.

I voted 'No' but maybe I have seen it before and simply forgotten, given that I've been a regular APOD visitor since the late '90's.

Not only have I seen it before on APOD, I copied it to my NASA photos folder and use it as a background slideshow on my desktop. It is a wonderful image! Thank you!

To my eye the ball should appear much smaller. It appears to span half the width of the US, isn't that more than 1400 km?

sigo diariamente las imàgenes de Apod desde sus inicios, so...