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Post date: Apr 27, 2017 3:08:07 PM
Earth as viewed through the rings of Saturn (870 million miles away from Earth) by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on 4/12/17. It's taken 19 years, 5 months to reach Saturn since Cassini was first launched in 10/15/97 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, Earth! Cassini's average speed is over 60,000 mph! If you zoom in, you can also see the moon (which is to the left of the Earth in this photo)
More info about this image: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21445
More info about the Cassini spacecraft: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/about-the-mission/quick-facts/
Learn about how seeing the Earth from space can change your thinking: The "Overview Effect"
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