Photo Credit: NASA
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is currently in orbit around Saturn. Yes, that’s 898.5 million miles away from Earth. While circling around this great big planet, the spacecraft has managed to snap some pictures and send them back to earth. NASA spotted our tiny planet in one of these amazing photos. Go get a magnifying glass, it’s that tiny dot, right there.
According to LA Times, this is a very rare photo because “from the spacecraft’s perspective, our planet is usually too close to the sun to photograph.But on Friday, Saturn moved between Cassini and the sun, casting the spacecraft in shadow and allowing it to look back toward the inner solar system without the risk of ruining the detectors on its cameras. ”
Anyway don’t let that tiny dot distract you from taking a closed-up look at Saturn’s amazingly beautiful rings. And check out how Earth looks like from Mercury, which is at 61 million miles away.
Photo Credit: NASA
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Roshan Jerad Perera
