Cassini Returns Amazing New Imagery from Saturn

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."

Comments

Vertigo?

[catbutt]

I mean, its neat and all, but is showing a different perspective, that really provides no new information, really worth all those over-the-top effusive words? "Alien world we've never seen before"? Or just one we have seen before, but from a 45 degree different angle?

saturn emulator

[Negativeions101]

Isn't Cassini the name of a Sega Saturn emulator?

Re:Images hosted by NASA

[maglor_83]

Can anyone explain why in this picture Saturn obscures the rings on both the near and far sides?

Let's start looking at economically

[linzeal]

Can we determine the best way to make artificial shepherd moons to steer the particles into large ore harvesting facilities? Let's get this space colonization started, wooooo! Seriously, are rings and planets around gas giants good places to setup shop for the outer solar system? I mean Titan alone can provide billions of tons of methane.

Who cares about the rings!

[Jugalator]

Now this is more "amazing" to me:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image -details.cfm?imageID=2502