Eclipse of Saturn and the Star Earth

Of course our little planet is not a star, but when we look up to the sky as the night falls the first shining object seen is the planet Venus, always bright and twinkling, often mistaken for some distant sun. Captured by the Satellite Cassini, a joint Nasa/European Space orbiter whose soul purpose is to study the ringed planet's surface and its moons, this image shows Saturn eclipsing our Sun, with the Earth twinkling as bright as any, just to its right (click on the image). Venus is the second planet to sun and shines to our perspective from Earth. Now as if observing from one of the 52 officially named moons of this collasal ringed planet, let's say Titan, our own, being third closest, has become just another candidate of mistaken identity.

Not since I was 12 years old have I been so captivated by the subject of space exploration, I have spent nearly three hours reading and reading, following links here and there, from Saturn to Mars and beyond.

Here is the link to Nasa's site for the Cassini Equinox Mission as well as the path to many others.