What's that pale blue dot in this image taken from Saturn? Earth. The robotic Cassini spacecraft looked back toward its old home world earlier this month as it orbited Saturn. Using Saturn itself to block the bright Sun, Cassini imaged a faint dot on the right of the above photograph. That dot is expanded on the image inset, where a slight elongation in the direction of Earth's Moon is visible. Vast water oceans make Earth's reflection of sunlight somewhat blue. Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
1 posted on
11/05/2006 8:52:49 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
A view of Earth from Voyager 1, at a distance of more than 4 billion miles. Earth is the dot in the middle of the bright streak. Image credit: NASA/JPL
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11/05/2006 8:53:07 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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3 posted on
11/05/2006 8:54:19 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Earth has life. That should be a starting point for discussion. Whether there is life elsewhere is open for discussion. Whether another planet exists that allows life to reach the humble heights of our own intelligent selves is also open for discussion.
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11/05/2006 9:04:03 AM PST by
RightWhale
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To: SunkenCiv
6 posted on
11/05/2006 9:23:01 AM PST by
silverleaf
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To: SunkenCiv
Thanks so much for posting that!
7 posted on
11/05/2006 10:29:43 AM PST by
alwaysconservative
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Earth: One of many pale blue dots in this universe...
9 posted on
11/05/2006 12:27:25 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
To: SunkenCiv
From a previous Voyager thread...
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11/05/2006 2:51:38 PM PST by
kanawa
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To: SunkenCiv
Much better (and higher resolution) photo with the sun behind (all of) Saturn.
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