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Earth, from Saturn's Space (2)
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This magnified view of the image taken through the clear filter (monochrome) shows the Moon as a dim protrusion to the upper left of Earth. Seen from the Outer Solar System through Cassini's cameras, the entire expanse of direct human experience, so far, is nothing more than a few pixels across. Earth no longer holds the distinction of being our Solar System's only "water world", as several other bodies suggest the possibility that they too harbor liquid water beneath their surfaces. The Saturnian moon, Enceladus, is among them, and is also captured on the left in this image, with its plume of water ice particles and swathed in the blue E-Ring which it creates. Delicate fingers of material extend from the active moon into the E-Ring. The narrow and tenuous G-Ring and the Main Rings are seen at the right. The view looks down from about 15° above the un-illuminated side of the Rings.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this view. The image was taken by the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Sept. 15, 2006, at a distance of approx. 2,1 MKM (about 1,3 MMs) from Saturn and at a sun-Saturn-spacecraft angle of almost 179°.
Image scale is roughly 129 Km (about 80 miles) per pixel.
At this time, Cassini was nearly 1,5 BKM (about 930 MMs) from Earth.
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