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This Is What The Earth Looks Like From 900 Million Miles Away

A few images to help to put the news of the day in perspective

So! The royal baby was born today. It was a big event and a lot of people were excited about it.

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But let's try and add some perspective to it. Here's an aerial view of Buckingham Palace. See?! Not too crazy.

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A little farther out and you can't even tell.

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A touch more and you'd hardly know the heir to the throne was born!

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Now, zoom out 900 million miles.

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On July 19th, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took the first the color images of Earth and the moon from orbit in the Saturn system. See the arrow? Yep, that's Earth!

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Here's another angle. Sometimes, it's a little unsettling to feel so small and inconsequential. On other days, though, it's a nice reminder.

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Can you see him? The royal baby? How about tabloids? The tweets? Look closely...Me neither.

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