The First Glimpse Of Earth As Photographed By The Cassini Spacecraft Last Week

Last Friday, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a photo of Earth from 900 million miles away as it was orbiting Saturn. The Earth images are part of a larger mosaic that will show the full Saturn system once its stitched together by the Cassini team over the next few weeks. In the meantime, the spacecraft has already beamed back to Earth tons of raw images from the event that are available to view and download on NASA's website. The raw images do not have the color, brightness, or sharpness of the f...