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Amazing New Movies of Saturn's Moons

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-a-lot-of-flowery-words dept.

RobGoldsmith writes "Like sugar plum fairies in 'The Nutcracker,' the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance against the majestic sweep of the planet's rings and show as many as four moons gliding around one another."

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  1. Re:Nice summary. by Jesus_666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, like sugarplum fairies who are roughly spherical, made of rock, have a mass of several quadrillion tons and are orbiting a gas giant. If you consider that, the comparison is very apt.

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