Part 4 - Carolyn Porco's favourite Cassini photos

[barkpeeler2000]

unbelievable that this is actually a real photo

[MrMuggles4Waffles]

pretty cool :)

but how did they work out that that was earth?

[mwallaby]

The spacecraft keeps its dish pointed at earth to send data back, so they know where it is

[nuggbubbler]

wouldn't be suprised if all this is bullshit and NASA spends all the dough on hookers and coke.

[manolotube666]

I can see my home from here...

[SouthEastAsiaNews]

QUESTION:?? Where are the trillions of stars and galaxies and nebulas that SHOULD be visible in this deep space?

Notice the background is almost jet black with only one pin dot earth visible? This image makes me wonder.

[Jinmane]

I'm no photography expert, but I think it's just how the camera is calibrated, i.e. using a short exposure to capture Saturn in detail. If they'd used a longer exposure then you would see the stars, but Saturn would appear "washed out" as it's considerably brighter.

[KKM121]

@SouthEastAsiaNews I like your joke. A good one for making fun of people promoting the moon hoax.

But in case you are not joking, here's my answer.

There's only a few hundred billions of stars in our galaxy, NOT trillions.

Galaxies and nebulae would be too small to see.

If the camera is tuned to see stars, Saturn will be over exposed.

[irenehoogveld]

is earth the little star-like sparkle in the ring, or is it more of a shadow? I'd like to know! I'm a space-nitwit, but i'm very moved by the pictures, that it's almost surreal, as Porco explained: it almost looks like a videogame-image, instead of the real thing!

[Shadrach76]

this is why i like being a nerd, this shit is fucking amazing!!

[TheTester001]

im not a nerd but this shit is well cool... well i am sort of :)

[situlo]

@Shadrach76 im not a nerd nd a fucking luv dis shit

[seamuskatt]

the G spot discovered at 50 seconds

[djindio555]

Cool. :-)

[kelpokelp]

cool! how can you see earth? i dont see anything.

[djindio555]

Try clicking "watch in high quality" under the video window.

[kelpokelp]

yay i saw the earth through the saturnusrings!!!!!!!

so cool !!!!! :P

[astromonger]

yes

[landcruiserlarry]

wow!

[ladyboybassist]

this is amazing. all those robots sending pictures to us and there are still people that think the sun revolves around the earth.

[kd1s]

We live in a very interesting time. Robotic probes are returning images of our solar system as well as doing hard science. But this shot of Saturn is absolutely amazing, all the rings are blazing, and then there's the tiny dot of Terra.

[qwerty7546]

where can i get these pics in hd ?

[CousinoMacul]

tinyurl [DOT] com [SLASH] saturn-pics

You'll have to search through to find the right ones.