Earth and Moon from Saturn
Explanation:
You are here.
Everyone you've ever known is here.
Every human who has ever lived -- is here.
Pictured above is the
Earth-Moon system as captured by the
Cassini mission
orbiting
Saturn in the outer
Solar System.
Earth is the brighter of the
two spots near the center,
while the Moon is visible to its lower left.
The
unprocessed image shows several streaks that are not stars but rather
cosmic rays
that struck the digital camera while it was
taking the image.
The image was snapped by
Cassini
on Friday and released on Saturday.
At
nearly the same time,
many
humans on Earth
were snapping their
own pictures of Saturn.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
