Pic of Earth seen from Saturn
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It may look like a speck of dust on the camera lens but the tiny, pale blue dot in this photo is Earth, the farthest away it has ever been seen.
The picture was taken by ultra-highpowered cameras on board the Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn nearly 1.5billion km (930million miles) from our planet.
'Nothing has greater power to alter our perspective of ourselves and our place in the cosmos than these images of Earth we collect from faraway places like Saturn,' said Carolyn Porco, who is in charge of analysing Cassini images at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The Cassini probe – a joint mission between Nasa and the European Space Agency – was launched in 1997 and is spending four years examining Saturn.
Yesterday, scientists revealed that the craft had also taken pictures of a new ring around Saturn – a faint trail of particles just visible between some of its better-known rings.
Cassini caught sight of the ring and other rare features when the Sun passed directly behind Saturn and provided bright backlight to the rings.
Saturn has 47 known moons and at least seven rings. -
earth is a v small planet compared to other planets in the universe, i'm not referring to the 9 planets surrounding usOriginally posted by SixSentinels:
It may look like a speck of dust on the camera lens but the tiny, pale blue dot in this photo is Earth, the farthest away it has ever been seen.
The picture was taken by ultra-highpowered cameras on board the Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn nearly 1.5billion km (930million miles) from our planet.
'Nothing has greater power to alter our perspective of ourselves and our place in the cosmos than these images of Earth we collect from faraway places like Saturn,' said Carolyn Porco, who is in charge of analysing Cassini images at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The Cassini probe – a joint mission between Nasa and the European Space Agency – was launched in 1997 and is spending four years examining Saturn.
Yesterday, scientists revealed that the craft had also taken pictures of a new ring around Saturn – a faint trail of particles just visible between some of its better-known rings.
Cassini caught sight of the ring and other rare features when the Sun passed directly behind Saturn and provided bright backlight to the rings.
Saturn has 47 known moons and at least seven rings. -
well, we never even got out of our solar system yet..Originally posted by FBI:earth is a v small planet compared to other planets in the universe, i'm not referring to the 9 planets surrounding us -
so? we're still the largest planet in Inner SolOriginally posted by FBI:earth is a v small planet compared to other planets in the universe, i'm not referring to the 9 planets surrounding us
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yeah tell us when are u gonna bring your troops frm mars..Originally posted by SixSentinels:so? we're still the largest planet in Inner Sol
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looooolOriginally posted by FBI:yeah tell us when are u gonna bring your troops frm mars..
haha
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Now, 10. Pluto is no longer a planet and we have 2 new planets.Originally posted by FBI:earth is a v small planet compared to other planets in the universe, i'm not referring to the 9 planets surrounding us -
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U sure that was earth and not some giant asteriod..........?
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[quote]Originally posted by aku1b0d0:
Now, 10. Pluto is no longer a planet and we have 2 new planets.[/ quote]
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Originally posted by mrsmall:
You very the slow... it's confirmed already...
[quote]Originally posted by aku1b0d0:
[b]Now, 10. Pluto is no longer a planet and we have 2 new planets.[/ quote] [/b] -
slow..Originally posted by aku1b0d0:Now, 10. Pluto is no longer a planet and we have 2 new planets.