The View From Saturn - NYTimes.com On July 19, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looked back from the shadow of Saturn to take a picture of the ringed planet in all its glory and indeed the entire inner solar system. Knowing that the Earth would also be in the field of view - the third time that our planet has sat for its portrait from the outer solar system, Cassini's managers asked everyone to smile. Apparently, many of us did, although you might not be able to pick yourself out of the cosmic crowd in this image released by NASA and the Cassini team on Tuesday. This mosiac was assembled from 141 wide-angle images recorded over four hours. It shows Saturn and its surroundings over a span of 405,000 miles in their natural colors. The Earth and the Moon appear as small dots to the lower right of Saturn, below the bright main rings and above the faint bluish E ring. Another haunting feature, appearing as a bright dot to the far left, is Enceladus, which can be seen emitting sprays of mist, water that some astronomers think might contain the best evidence of life beyond Earth in this solar system. Something to smile about, indeed.