NASA releases Saturn-Earth ‘photobomb’ pic

In this NASA handout image taken on July 19, 2013 the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

The US space agency has released a rare photo of the Earth and moon taken from the vantage point of the outer solar system, with Saturn’s rings in the shot.

The color images were taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft at a distance of nearly 1.4 billion kilometers away, NASA said.

After calling on Earthlings to wave at Cassini for the picture last week, NASA said the chance to “photobomb” another planet drew 20,000 participants, even though the Earth appears as just a tiny speck in the final image.


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