The Human race has had an impact on the planet unlike anything else in history. For the first time we have the technology to look back at our cradle and see the lights we shine into the heavens.

At any one moment there are estimated to be as many as 10 million pieces of human-made debris in orbit of the Earth. Oh dear. (Click for larger view)

On the day that NASA’s Curiosity Rover checked into Foursquare from Gale Crater on Mars, it seems a suitable time to take a little introspective look at our own planet…

Courtesy of NASA and Curiosity rover, the first true colour photo ever taken from the surface of Mars. Click for a larger version. The best part about this is that Curiosity hasn’t really started to deliver on any of its aims yet, and there is so much more to come. A Dutch company is planning [...]