nasa.gov — This marvelous panoramic view was created by combining a 165 images taken by the Cassini wide-angle camera over nearly three hours on Sept. 15, 2006. The mosaic images were acquired as the spacecraft drifted in the darkness of Saturn's shadow for about 12 hours, allowing a multitude of unique observations of the microscopic particles
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Closed AccountOct 23, 2008
Its photoshoped, i can see the pixles are messed up/joke
jcimsOct 23, 2008
The Cassini mission has pretty much destroyed nearly everything else, possibly even Hubble, in terms of raw visuals. Truly amazing.
selkiesOct 23, 2008
imagine where we would have been if we wouldn't spend most of our efforts and money on making war.
nimipOct 23, 2008
I used this picture ages ago in an essay for physics on the advantages of space exploration and usage to mankind. Still pretty snazzy though.
bblandeOct 23, 2008
How amazingly insignificant and petty are we? A mere pale blue dot.
Closed AccountOct 23, 2008
I used to use this as my desktop wallpaper like 3 years ago.It is sweet.
starmanjonesOct 23, 2008
also... scifi trivia... space 1999.... before the term black hole... black sun...
didgitalOct 23, 2008
The only infinitesimal flaw in this photo is that the view doesn't encompass the entire orbit of the rings. That would be spacetastic.