You are here: Incredible photo of the 'twin star' that is the Earth and Moon taken from 114 million miles away

It is an image that should put us firmly in our place. Set against the inky blackness of space our Earth can be seen with the smaller Moon orbiting around it from a distance of around 114 million miles. Taken by Nasa's Messenger deep space probe the incredible image illustrates how insignificant we really are.(Daily Mail)