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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Earth Observations _ Earth and Moon awash in a sea of stars

Posted by: avisolo Feb 3 2018, 08:20 PM

This sequence of images of Earth and the Moon (N00213958 https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/raw_images/323983/ to N00213966 https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/raw_images/323975/) was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013. Cassini's narrow-angle camera was pointing toward Earth at approximately 898,410,414 miles (1,445,851,410 kilometers) away.

Posted by: avisolo Jul 2 2018, 11:46 AM

Earth and Moon between the rings of Saturn

This photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Earth and the Moon as points of light between the icy rings of Saturn. The spacecraft captured the view on April 12, 2017. Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth when the image was taken. Although far too small to be visible in the image, the part of Earth facing Cassini at the time was the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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