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The Day the Earth Smiled

View larger. | Collage of people on Earth waving at the Cassini spacecraft and planet Saturn on July 19, 2013, titled
View larger. | Collage of people on Earth on July 19, 2013, to celebrate “The Day the Earth Smiled,” via NASA.

On July 19, 2013, the Cassini spacecraft captured a remarkable photograph of the Earth and moon as seen from the planet Saturn. The photo came to be known as The Day The Earth Smiled. On that same day, participants from 40 countries took photos of themselves waving at Saturn. This awesome collage is the result.

See the full-sized view – at 10,000 x 10,000 pixel resolution – here.

See the photos of Earth and moon from planet Saturn – the actual Day Earth Smiled image – here.

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July 19, 2017
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