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Earth and Moon through Saturn's Rings (NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day)
APOD/NASA ^
| 27 May, 2020
| Cassini Imaging Team
Posted on 05/27/2020 5:28:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What are those dots between Saturn's rings? Our Earth and Moon. Just over three years ago, because the Sun was temporarily blocked by the body of Saturn, the robotic Cassini spacecraft was able to look toward the inner Solar System. There, it spotted our Earth and Moon -- just pin-pricks of light lying about 1.4 billion kilometers distant. Toward the right of the featured image is Saturn's A ring, with the broad Encke Gap on the far right and the narrower Keeler Gap toward the center. On the far left is Saturn's continually changing F Ring. From this perspective, the light seen from Saturn's rings was scattered mostly forward , and so appeared backlit. After more than a decade of exploration and discovery, the Cassini spacecraft ran low on fuel in 2017 and was directed to enter Saturn's atmosphere, where it surely melted.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; earth; moon; nasa; saturn; science
To: MtnClimber
Interesting photo at link.
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posted on
05/27/2020 5:29:24 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
The clarity on those rings is amazing.
To: MtnClimber
Wow. Quarter of a million miles ain’t much...in space.
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posted on
05/27/2020 5:53:36 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
To: MtnClimber
Always loved space photos...
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posted on
05/27/2020 5:59:06 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
05/27/2020 6:00:32 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
To: MtnClimber
To: TalBlack
Wow. Quarter of a million miles ain’t much...in space.
Yes, the distance from the Earth to the Moon looks small.
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posted on
05/27/2020 6:47:26 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
A word of ‘thanks’ for the return of NASA Image of the Day
Always enjoyed these in the time spent here.
REMARKABLE images!
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posted on
05/27/2020 7:25:40 AM PDT
by
V K Lee
("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
To: Bon of Babble
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posted on
05/27/2020 7:28:24 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
To: Bon of Babble
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posted on
05/27/2020 8:35:52 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: MtnClimber
When Cassini returned some of its first photos I remember making one of them my computer’s wallpaper. They were, and are still stunningly beautiful.
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posted on
05/27/2020 10:57:49 AM PDT
by
TLOne
(All terrorists want is for us to bow and worship their god. Oh, and to let them rule.)
To: MtnClimber
Incredible
Thank you for sharing
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posted on
05/27/2020 11:00:21 AM PDT
by
SheepWhisperer
(My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
To: Bon of Babble
We are kinda tiny in the big universe.
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posted on
05/27/2020 11:18:54 AM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: SunkenCiv
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05/27/2020 8:29:12 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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05/28/2020 10:42:18 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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