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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, May 27, 2020 titled "Earth and Moon through Saturn's Rings."
Image: Earth and Moon through Saturn's Rings - Image Credit - NASA, ESA, JPL-Caltech, SSI, Cassini Imaging Team; Processing & License - Kevin M. Gill

Perspective makes the large seem small and vice versa with powerful microscopes :-)

For those with eyes to see, the heavens declare part of the glory of God in HIS creation.

ADOD Explanation: "What are those dots between Saturn's rings? Our Earth and Moon. Just over three years ago, because the Sun was temporarily blocked by the body of Saturn, the robotic Cassini spacecraft was able to look toward the inner Solar System. There, it spotted our Earth and Moon -- just pin-pricks of light lying about 1.4 billion kilometers distant. Toward the right of the featured image is Saturn's A ring, with the broad Encke Gap on the far right and the narrower Keeler Gap toward the center. On the far left is Saturn's continually changing F Ring. From this perspective, the light seen from Saturn's rings was scattered mostly forward , and so appeared backlit. After more than a decade of exploration and discovery, the Cassini spacecraft ran low on fuel in 2017 and was directed to enter Saturn's atmosphere, where it surely melted."

Surfing the blues of the earth & moon jimmyboddave 7 3 2020
Blues instrumental by jimmyboddave Australian Solo Artist. Music copyright 7th of March 2020. With old historic photo's from 1900's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQXL6s9skW8

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Excellent astronomy picture share sir, have a great Wednesday afternoon sir
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SPC Margaret Higgins
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price: My Dearest Brother Bill, what a perfectly outstanding Astronomy post! Good Afternoon, Bill!
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