03-08-2011, 09:06 PM
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#11 (permalink)
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Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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The above image was taken by the Cassini spacecraft in mid January in infrared and polarized light. Titan looms just over the thin rings, while dark ring shadows on Saturn show the Sun to be above the ring plane. Close inspection of the image will show the smaller moon Enceladus on the far right. Cassini, humanity’s first mission to orbit Saturn, currently has operations planned until 2017. |
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