Stunning images taken on Nasa Cassini spacecraft's mission to Saturn
Cassini snapped the picture on Friday, the same day Nasa's Mercury-orbiting MESSENGER probe imaged Earth as well. In that picture, Earth and the moon take up less than a pixel, but appear large because they are overexposed. The above image is only one footprint in a mosaic of 33 footprints covering …
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