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| CJ | Jul 23 2013, 07:39 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23419543 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. This was the first time people knew in advance that their long distance picture was being taken. As part of the event launched by Nasa, people were asked to wave in what Carolyn Porco, who leads Cassini's camera team, described as an "interplanetary cosmic photo session". So, this is similar to the "Pale Blue Dot image, but the Earth appears a bit larger. What surprises me is that the Moon still shows up from that distance! |
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