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."

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Re:xinhua?

[limecat4eva]

Oh, right, because any political system that isn't an outright representative democracy is a dictatorship. Please travel more, or at least just get an education.

Re:Walter Reed

[jacksonj04]

Oooh, oooh, I'll bite!

The USA the source of modern civilization? Ahh, you mean the bit where we throw lawsuits at everything, have child obesity, encourage the stripping of freedoms in the name of fighting terror, and nobody save for a few small breweries can produce a decent pint anymore? I could go on, but I don't have a week to spare.

You'd be better off looking to Britain for most of the western world's basic laws, the Middle East for a lot of philosopical and medical stuff, Central Europe and China for engineering, and Australia for a great many sports. As far as I'm aware the US's contribution is a better hamburger and something to laugh at (The current administration for example).