Succinct Summary of Who We Were on July 19

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Via NASA: "In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame."


On July 19, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this inspirational, fragile view of the Earth – just a faint speck 900 million miles in the distance – cast beneath Saturn’s imposing rings.

This pale blue dot sequel comes over 20 years after the original taken in 1990 from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, some 3.7 billion miles from Earth.

“We can’t see individual continents or people in this portrait of Earth, but this pale blue dot is a succinct summary of who we were on July 19,” said NASA’s Linda Spilker, a project scientist for the Cassini mission.


article/pics: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/07/23/view-of-the-earth-from-saturn-pale-blue-dot-reprise/

related:

“…particularly beautiful and humbling”, Andrew Revkin, New York Times

“I think this truly is a ‘wow’ moment”, Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine

“…nothing short of stunning”, Phil Plait, Bad Astronomer, Slate

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1. Should we start worrying about that giant arrow-shaped object getting so close to us?

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2. And off to the Greatest Page for this important story!

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3. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving, & revolving at nine hundred miles...

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4. I think I see my house!!

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5. .