One Keck of a View

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While astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world were looking to the stars Friday as the NASA Cassini spacecraft took a picture of Earth from a location near Saturn, the W.M. Keck Observatory turned its adaptive optics camera to take a picture of Saturn. This image, provided by Keck, has had color added to make it more visible. (W.M. Keck Observatory/Special to West Hawaii Today)

While astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world were looking to the stars Friday as the NASA Cassini spacecraft took a picture of Earth from a location near Saturn, the W.M. Keck Observatory turned its adaptive optics camera to take a picture of Saturn. This image, provided by Keck, has had color added to make it more visible. (W.M. Keck Observatory/Special to West Hawaii Today)