North American Double Dakkas: Group Photo Bomb this Friday!

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**kronk**

Wave at Saturn.

Be ready to walk outside in the sun on Friday afternoon of July 19th. Strike a pose worthy of a historic photo for about 15 minutes between 4:27 PM and 4:42 PM CDT. Adjust for time zone, but all of north america should be in this soon-to-be-famous photo. Don't be shy. Take a few conventional snapshots of your pose in the minutes before to document the effort and share with friends.

A photo of Earth will be taken on July 19, 2013. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will photograph Saturn and its entire ring system, during a total eclipse of the sun, in natural light. Cassini will start obtaining the Earth part of the mosaic at 4:27 p.m. CDT (21:27 UTC) and end about 15 minutes later, all while Saturn is eclipsing the sun from Cassini's point of view. The spacecraft's unique vantage point in Saturn's shadow will provide a special scientific opportunity to look at the planet's rings. At the time of the photo, North America and part of the Atlantic Ocean will be in sunlight.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will take this picture of Earth from about 898 million (1.44 billion kilometers) away, or nearly 10 times the distance between Earth and the sun. It will be the first time Earthlings have had advance notice that their picture will be taken from interplanetary distances.

Cheers, John

**Desubot**

Say

**Monster Rain**

It took me a couple times reading this to understand what you were talking about, but I'm totally doing this.

**Flashman**

Saw Saturn through a telescope for the first time this year. Worth a look if you ever get the opportunity.

**kronk**

Yeah, I have a telescope that i bust out once in a while.

Seeing Jupiter's Galilean moons, the rings on Saturn, and the random comet have been fun.

**kirsanth**

Thank you kronk, that is pretty cool.

**Kilkrazy**

I am looking forwards to when Cassini can take a detailed picture of the rings around Uranus.

**kronk**

Kilkrazy wrote:
I am looking forwards to when Cassini can take a detailed picture of the rings around Uranus.

North Americans only! Stay out!

Also, the Pluto Probe is my current favorite NASA project!

**Ensis Ferrae**

kronk wrote:
Yeah, I have a telescope that i bust out once in a while.

I'm SURE that that's what you really use that for

I'd bet you use it to look at nearby "planetoids"

Yeah, that one fell flat on it's face

**mega_bassist**

And tomorrow is my birthday! Makes me feel all special and whatnot.

**KingCracker**

Quiet you, stop ruining Cassini's glory