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Cassini Returns Amazing New Imagery from Saturn

Posted by Zonk on from the extremely-attractive-planet dept.

SeaDour writes "The Cassini spacecraft has recently entered a highly-inclined orbit around Saturn, revealing some never-before-seen images of the planet's ring system as seen from above and below the planet. 'Sailing high above Saturn and seeing the rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking, it almost gives you vertigo.' The spacecraft will eventually return to its standard orbit parallel to the ring plane in late June."

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  1. Re:Forget Saturn by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 4, Funny

    done

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  2. Re:Forget Saturn by canipeal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just imagine...'Sailing high above Uranus and seeing the Uranus rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking, it almost gives you vertigo.'

  3. Re:Better photos by xigxag · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool archive

    Check out that 4th photo caption. Damn Microsoft and their interplanetary advertising campaign!!!

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  4. Re:Forget Saturn by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    For once, somebody who actually *deserves* goatse

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  5. That's not a moon! That's a... by jd · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...planet. Y'know, it doesn't have the same ring(s) to it.

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  6. Re:Other pics by Jazzer_Techie · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do Odysseus and a bunch of ./ers have in common?

    They can both down a Ciclops.

    Thanks, I'll be here all week.

  7. Thanks to American taxpayers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks to American taxpayers for footing a couple hundred million dollars for some great desktop backgrounds.

  8. pay attention! by Insurgent2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the *only* one here who noticed the extensive glacial retreat evident when comparing these images to the ones from when it arrived in 2004?!?!?

  9. Re:Never before.... by Mr2cents · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not slashdotted, it's just the latency you get when you download a movie from Saturn. The round trip takes more than two hours, please be patient.

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