photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov — Seen from the outer solar system through Cassini's cameras - Earth is captured in a natural color portrait made possible by the passing of Saturn directly in front of the sun from Cassini's point of view.
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defenderorightsSep 20, 2006
Good idea!Of course then we could have wars about what color to paint the rings.
jugalatorSep 20, 2006
Carl Sagan said it best about our little dot: Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. ... There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
Closed AccountSep 20, 2006
If Earth looks like Mars from that close (relative to galaxy), imagine how much life could be out there.
weaksnycSep 20, 2006
I guess I should have cleaned my monitor first. I thought I could see 3 different objects in that first picture, only to find out they were spots on my monitor... none of which was Earth...
mobbygSep 20, 2006
@starvoWow! I never knew there was a market for Tide and Target outside of Zeta Reticuli. :)
danmcmanSep 21, 2006
@elroyAnd because of his drug use he stimulated and inspired millions with his perspective of the universe and our place in the cosmos. Why don't you reconsider posting before bringing out the negative in one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th Century.
pcghostDec 31, 2008
... and yet he was still more intelligent and articulate than all the diggers on this page combined. Yes Dr. Sagan liked marijuana, like so many millions/billions before him. If anything it raises an important question about our stereotypes about pot smokers. Maybe it was his use of the herb that aided his creativity and ability to calmly explain the unexplainable in our universe.R.I.P. Dr. Sagan