Cassini Probe Captures Image Of Earth and Moon

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I've been waiting for NASA to publish this.

BBC News - Cassini probe takes image of Earth from Saturn orbit

Nasa has released photos of the Earth and Moon taken by a spacecraft orbiting Saturn - nearly a billion miles away.

Our planet and its only satellite appear only as dots in the picture, which was taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 19 July.

Scientists wanted to pay homage to the "Pale Blue Dot" image captured by the Voyager 1 probe in 1990.


I think the second image is the most awe inspiring, with Saturn and its rings somehow putting things in context.
 
I agree, mosaix. It's odd to see such a picture and realise the miniscule dot is our planet.
 
Very cool indeed! Curious why there is no background of stars though. Are we looking at an extremely narrow camera view do you suppose?
 

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