![Saturn, eclipsing the Sun. For a much higher-resolution version, click on the image. [Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute]](https://sciencevspseudoscience.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/saturn-eclipse.jpg?w=300&h=148)
Of course, that technically goes for every photo of Earth taken from space, but Carolyn Porco of the Cassini Imaging Team organized an event: The Day the Earth Smiled. The idea is simple: go outside and take a picture of yourself and whoever else looking up at Saturn at the time Cassini is photographing Earth. (The times listed above include light travel time from Saturn to Earth, so if you go outside during that period, it’s actually when the probe is taking the image.)
Phil Plait has more, and keep a lookout for local social events in your area. It’s a great idea, and one to bring us all together.
Galileo's Pendulum 
3 responses to “The day Earth smiled”
Won’t some of the people on Earth be on the ‘far’ side and thus obscured by the Earth itself? If multiple shots of the area where Earth is are taken, won’t the light have to be processed and smudged about? I’ll be nothing but a tiny blur!
I thought the picture of Earth will be taken on July 19, not July 18.
You’re right. For some reason, I thought today was Thursday. It’s fixed now.