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Saturn and Earth #2 (Photo credit: Val Klavans ) NASA Releases Images of Earth by Distant Spacecraft - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory :  ""We can't see individual continents or people in this portrait of Earth, but this pale blue dot is a succinct summary of who we were on July 19," said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Cassini's picture reminds us how tiny our home planet is in the vastness of space, and also testifies to the ingenuity of the citizens of this tiny planet to send a robotic spacecraft so far away from home to study Saturn and take a look-back photo of Earth." " Related articles NASA Releases Images of Earth by Distant Spacecraft - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Reveals Pictures of Earth Taken From Spacecrafts in Saturn and Mercury NASA spacecraft capture images of Earth from millions of miles away NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures br...

Natural color view of Saturn, composed from a series of pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon Could Expand Options for Life: Scientific American :  "Nestling among the dunes in the dry equatorial region of Saturn's moon Titan is what appears to be a hydrocarbon lake. The observation, by the Cassini spacecraft , suggests that oases of liquid methane — which might be a crucible for life — lie beneath the moon's surface. The work is published today in Nature ." .. .ero . Related articles Tropical Lakes On Saturn Moon Could Expand Options For Life Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon Tropical Lake Found On Saturn's Moon Titan The 'Tropical' Lakes of Saturn's Moon Titan In the shadows of Saturn's rings NASA's Cassini Spacecraft spots Methane Lakes on Saturn's Moon Titan Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon A moon of Saturn may...