10th Anniversary of “Day the Earth Smiled” photo

[Saturn94]

We just passed the 10th anniversary of the “Day the Earth Smiled” photo project. The photo shows the Earth as seen from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn. Apparently, the day and time the photo was to be taken was publicly publicized in advance and they asked people to go outside, look up, and smile at that time.

The Day the Earth Smiled

In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame.

www.nasa.gov

 

[JamesW]

The resolution is incredible.

I zoomed into the dot and this is what I could see.