VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|David Harper|DATE|1361526866|CONTENT|On the bright side, take a look at the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

It&#039;s an astonishing self-portrait of the Mars Curiosity rover, done using some very clever stitching-together of images taken using the rover&#039;s two cameras.

The picture is amazing at two levels.  There&#039;s the ingenuity that went into producing the picture.

But it&#039;s also a portrait of humanity exploring another world to try to find evidence that life might once have existed there.  To me, that&#039;s more moving and inspiring than any religious platitude could ever be.|IP-ADDRESS|172.20.128.250|MODERATIONFLAG|