August 26, 2013

Earth Waves at Saturn

This image is a collage of more than 1,400 images shared by people on Earth who “waved” back to Saturn.

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On July 19, the Cassini spacecraft was orbiting Saturn and taking a picture of you. The image above is a collage of more than 1,400 images shared by people on Earth who “waved” back to Saturn.

Download and zoom in to the full-resolution (28MB jpg file) collage image available here.

Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Cassini Project, Denizens of Earth

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