WASHINGTON: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has created photomosaic of over 1400 photos of people across the World, waving at Cassini spacecraft present on 900 million miles away from the Earth.
NASA asked people all over the world to take time out of their day to spot the planet in the sky and wave at Cassini space, present at that moment on 900 million miles away from the Earth on July 19.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was on mission to capture pictures of Saturn’s ring on that day while one bright dot, just one pixel, can be seen in the distance.
People from 40 coutries and 30 US states submitted their snaps while they were waving at the spacecraft via Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram and emails.
To thank those who participated, NASA compiled a mosaic of Earth using the photos submitted.
‘It thrills me to no end that people all over the world took a break from their normal activities to go outside and celebrate the interplanetary salute between robot and maker that these images represent,’ said Carolyn Porco, lead of the Cassini imaging team.
‘We can’t see individual continents or people in this portrait of Earth, but this pale blue dot is a succinct summary of who we were on July 19,’ said Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker. ‘Cassini’s picture reminds us how tiny out home planet is in the vastness of space, and also testifies to the ingenuity of the citizens of this tiny planet to send a robotic spacecraft so far away from home to study Saturn and take a look-back photo of Earth.’
And the mosaic of the Earth is actually quite similar to the work that Cassini is doing around Saturn.
The satellite has been taking several images of the planet which scientists have been blending together to create one multi-image picture of Saturn’s rings.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
(Image Courtesy: Daily Mail)
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