{"id":277,"date":"2013-11-12T18:43:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T18:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbillington.com\/wordpress\/?p=277"},"modified":"2017-08-29T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T11:37:32","slug":"saturn-photographed-as-earth-smiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Saturn photographed as Earth smiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By BBC News, on 12th November 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbillington.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/saturn_976.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/?attachment_id=280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/saturn_976.jpg?fit=976%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"976,380\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/saturn_976.jpg?fit=731%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-280 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbillington.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/saturn_976-300x116.jpg?resize=300%2C116\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/saturn_976.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbillington.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/saturn_976.jpg?w=976&amp;ssl=1 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The US space agency (Nasa) has released a spectacular new picture of the Planet Saturn, acquired by the Cassini spacecraft in July. The image was produced as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/thedaytheearthsmiled.com\/\">The Day The Earth Smiled<\/a> Project, which was led by Dr Carolyn Porco. She describes how and why the picture was put together.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four months ago, our cameras on Cassini were commanded to execute a routine imaging sequence during an event that was anything but routine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 19 July, an array of overlapping images framing Saturn, its entire ring system and a host of its moons was acquired while Cassini was deep in the shadow created by the planet&#8217;s eclipse of the Sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This arrangement of Sun, Saturn, and machine made for a rare opportunity to image from the outer Solar System the planets in close to the Sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The intent: To catch a precious glimpse of our own planet &#8211; tiny, remote, alone &#8211; as it would be seen from a billion miles away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-24913141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the entire article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC News, on 12th November 2013. 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