The Cassini spacecraft, currently orbiting Saturn in a polar orbit, photographed the planet from an interesting angle
The Cassini spacecraft, currently orbiting Saturn in a polar orbit, transmitted to Earth a unique image of Saturn, as seen from above. The planet itself has been removed from the image, so only the rings are visible. Below is an appointment that includes the planet.
Over the past few months, the spacecraft has climbed to higher and higher latitudes, providing its cameras with a chance to see the mysterious rings of interest to scientists.
"Finally, the image we've been waiting for for years is here," says Dr. Carolyn Porco, director of the Cassini imaging team for the Space Science Center in Boulder, Colorado. "Saving over Saturn and seeing the rings unfold below us like a giant copper medallion, it's like exploring another world we've never seen before. It doesn't look like the same place at all. The sight is so breathtaking that our heads are spinning."
The images taken in the last two months and published this week include black and white photographs and a combination of color photographs, as well as a video sequence showing the rings as they appear to Cassini as it traveled through them from north to south and quickly crossed the plane of the rings.
Now NASA will return Cassini to orbits that are content with lower latitudes, and at the end of June - three years after it entered orbit around Saturn, the spacecraft will once again circle the planet in the plane of the rings.
To the film showing the crossing of the plane of the rings (on the NASA website)
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