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The NYtimes has a remarkable page of images taken by Cassini (moons and saturn). Space being stark and empty is strangely movingly beautiful sometimes. https
by acomjean 9y ago
The NYtimes has a remarkable page of images taken by Cassini (moons and saturn). Space being stark and empty is strangely movingly beautiful sometimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/14/science/cassini-saturn-images.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/14/science/cassi...
- tim333 9y agoTheir recent video is cool also https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000005343498/cassini-burns-into-saturn.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000005343498/cassin...
- dmix 9y agoThe writing of the narration was really excellent: "Some of Cassini's orbits took it behind Saturn, an alien sunset before hours of darkness". The six sided hexagon hurricane on the top of Saturn was the most fascinating to me, especially when they superimposed the size of earth over it saying it could "swallow 4 earths"...