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The Pale Blue Dot revisited

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:19 am
by cid

Re: The Pale Blue Dot revisited

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:42 am
by Swift
Hey, I can see my house!

Re: The Pale Blue Dot revisited

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:04 am
by geonuc
And APOD has it juxtaposed with a shot from Mercury taken by MESSENGER.

Re: The Pale Blue Dot revisited

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:38 am
by Rommie
Who cares about Earth, I can't believe that shot of Saturn is real! :shock:

Re: The Pale Blue Dot revisited

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:43 pm
by Swift
Rommie wrote:Who cares about Earth, I can't believe that shot of Saturn is real! :shock:

Really, that seems mild by Cassini standards. How about this or this or this?

Re: The Pale Blue Dot revisited

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:10 pm
by Rommie
I think for me aesthetically it has something to do with the combination of the eclipse view and being far below it. :)