NEW photo of Saturn - AMAZING!!!

[file83]

From this article at Nature.com:



The Cassini spacecraft, which is in orbit around Saturn, was in Saturn's shadow for about 12 hours. The sun is behind Saturn in this photo. So, in a way, this is like a solar eclipse for Cassini - very cool!!

Edit: Hi-resolution version available here! (Thanks to "tridim"!) :thumbsup:

[acmavm]

1. How beautiful. And I can't help but be struck by how this puts things in

perspective.

Space and time are infinite.

Thank you for this post. For some reason it just made my Sunday.

[file83]

3. It made my Sunday too...

I knew I just had to share it with you all :grouphug:

[hippiechick]

2. more here - discussed earlier this week ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x24276


:hi:

[tridim]

4. Why, why, why do they never give us a hi-res version of these pics?

Tell me that wouldn't make a perfect desktop pic. Too bad it's so damn small.

Edit: Oops, just found the big pic here: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329

[file83]

6. Sweet - you found one!!

I was thinking the same thing - I wanted to make it my wallpaper. Now I can! Thanks :toast:

[Eurobabe]

5. Awesome!

[RufusEarl]

7. How cool is that, thanks for the post!

[FogerRox]

8. So the rings extend much farther than near the Cassini division..

Wow... Rec & Bookmarked

[Dragonbreathp9d]

9. Wow... this is why I believe in something better than myself

whatever it is, the infinite beauty of our galaxy is astonishing (not intended to start a flame war)

[Pachamama]

10. In Astrology, I'm ruled by Saturn....

:hi:

What a beautiful ruler indeed.... :)

[Stand and Fight]

11. Absolutely stunning...

Passing this one around at work. Thanks for the excellent post!

[byronius]

12. Thanks for this excellent post!

[Phoonzang]

13. Very pretty but...

..what I'd really like is that beauty to be seen directly by human eyes. *hint hint nudge nudge*

[Up2Late]

14. That is so cool!