Nasa has released photos of the Earth and Moon taken by a spacecraft orbiting Saturn -
nearly a billion miles away.
Our planet and its only satellite appear only as dots in the picture, which was taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 19 July.
Scientists wanted to pay homage to the "Pale Blue Dot" image captured by the Voyager 1 probe in 1990.
This was the first time people knew in advance that their long distance picture was being taken. As part of the event launched by Nasa, people were asked to wave in what Carolyn Porco, who leads Cassini's camera team, described as an "interplanetary cosmic photo session".
"It thrills me no end that people all over the world took a break from their normal activities to go outside and celebrate the interplanetary
salute between robot and maker that these images represent," said Dr Porco, from the Space Science
Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The wide-angle image is part of a larger mosaic - or multi-image portrait - that imaging scientists are putting together of the entire
Saturn system. Pictures of Earth from the outer
Solar System are rare because, from that distance, Earth is very close to the bright Sun. Just as a person can damage their retina by looking directly at the Sun,
a camera's sensitive detectors can be damaged by the bright rays.
These images were taken when the sun had moved behind the planet Saturn from the spacecraft's point of
view, blocking out most of the light.





In the first picture, the Earth is seen along with its only satellite the moon. In the second picture our planet appears as a tiny blue dot below Saturn's magnificient rings

http://bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23419543

Where is the earth?

Wow
So the world population in God's eye I just wonder what it will be

coolest0: Where is the earth?

Foolish question.It should be where is the Sun?

2nd 2 comment

Yawning..........

Wow I can see my village there

see it now..

coolest0: Where is the earth?

Bleep

9c earthly shot.....9th ds tym!!!

the black dot is naija

wow! God is great...He is incomparable.

Everybody just want to make frontpage, wetin we fit learn from this nah...

Photos like these make one feel rather insignificant; first as a Species, and then, even more pointedly, as an individual.

From a distance, the world looks so small and peaceful...This show s how God is watching us from a distance!.

Ok

Front page matter

thelonestranger:

Foolish question.It should be where is the Sun?

Kettle calling pot black. Don't you think it should be where's the galaxy/milkyway/solarsystem/nebula??...

FP...

BREATHE TAKING PITURES!EVERY STAR UP THERE HAS A STORY TO TELL INDEED.DON'T YA ALL THINK SO?

$hellyboi:
Everybody just want to make frontpage, wetin we fit learn from this nah...

That the earth is a dot

wow, this makes me realise how little we are in God's eyes. with a pinch everyone could be gone. and that includes those that feel they can decide who lives or dies.

jst pasin by, wel qudos to 'em

Nickydrake: Photos like these make one feel rather insignificant; first as a Species, and then, even more pointedly, as an individual.

Awwwww Sorry

Interesting.

chaloner: Wow I can see my village there

guy u funny

coolest0: Where is the earth?

so u dont know your home

Cool

chaloner: Wow I can see my village there

Laughing My (_|_) Off

Naso we small reach "God Great God"

PortHarcourtBoy:

Kettle calling pot black. Don't you think it should be where's the galaxy/milkyway/solarsystem/nebula??...

Galaxy is a collection of stars of which could contain about 100 billion of stars.

Planet earth is in the galaxy called the milkyway

Photoshop