Tuesday 12 November 2013

That pale blue dot again


Again turning aside from the subject of BBC bias, the BBC News website reports on the latest image of Planet Earth taking from the further reaches of our solar system - this time an image taken by NASA's Cassini probe, seizing a rare opportunity to slip out of reach of the sun's rays and look back towards the inner solar system - and at us - from behind the Planet Saturn. 

This is the charismatic image on the BBC News website:


But where is Earth? Well, go to NASA's own website and you will find out. Either that, or click on the image below:


Ah, if only Sir Patrick Moore had still been around to see that!

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