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Nasa has pubblished the first picture of the Earth taken from Mars

Washington, Usa - Image has been sended by space probe Mars Global Surveyor

"Taking this picture we have the chance to change perspective and to obtain a more panoramic image of our 'quarter', and to see ours planet among a lot", declared Michael Malin, of Malin Space Science System, the company that controls the of the Surveyor's camera, commenting the first photos sended by probe. Nasa has published, in fact, the first image of the Earth, fixed by Mars Global Surveyor space...

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