The spacecraft captured the view on April 12, 2017, at 10:41 p.m. PDT (1:41 a.m. EDT on April 13). Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth when the image was taken. Although far too small to be visible in the image, the part of Earth facing Cassini at the time was the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Earth's moon is also visible nearby in a cropped, zoomed-in version of the image.
A new image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn.
A espaçonave Cassini captou esta visão em 12 de abril de 2017, às 10h41 da manhã no horário de verão do Pacífico (ou 1h41 no horário de verão do leste em 13 de abril). A Cassini estava 870 milhões de milhas (1,4 bilhão de quilômetros) distante da Terra quando a imagem foi obtida. Embora pequena demais para ser visível na imagem, a parte da Terra voltada para a Cassini na época era o sul do Oceano Atlântico.
Tradução de Luiz Leitão da Cunha
A new image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn.
The spacecraft captured the view on April 12, 2017, at 10:41 p.m. PDT (1:41 a.m. EDT on April 13). Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth when the image was taken. Although far too small to be visible in the image, the part of Earth facing Cassini at the time was the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Earth's moon is also visible nearby in a cropped, zoomed-in version of the image.
A new image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn.
The spacecraft captured the view on April 12, 2017, at 10:41 p.m. PDT (1:41 a.m. EDT on April 13). Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth when the image was taken. Although far too small to be visible in the image, the part of Earth facing Cassini at the time was the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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