SETI Institute Waved at Saturn
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May 29, 2013Take a break today, read this poem “Across the Dark, the Pioneers”
September 5, 2013Like several thousand people, the SETI Institute waved at Saturn on Friday July 19 at 2:27pm for ~15 min. In full day light, it was impossible to see Saturn on the east close to the horizon but we trusted our local astronomers (and several App on iPhone) to wave and smile in the right direction toward the gaseous planet. It is likely that the Cassini spacecraft had recorded 80 min later a glimpse of photons coming from us.
SETI Institute employees waving at Saturn – picture 2
It was fun to participate to this “global moment of cosmic self-awareness” (Thanks C. Porco), especially on a Friday afternoon.
SETI Institute employees waving at Saturn – picture 1
SETI Institute employees waving at Saturn – picture 3
And you? Did you wave and smile at Saturn? If yes, send your pictures on Twitter/Google+/Facebook with the hashtag #DayEarthSmiled or #WaveAtSaturn
Clear Skies,
Franck M.
