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The Saturn Fly-By

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nice-place-to-visit dept.

Jamie noted that today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is actually a video of Saturn built by compiling actual photographs taken by Cassini in 2004. Unlike most videos of this type, this isn't actually 3D animation, these are the actual photos (albeit "digitally tweaked, cropped"). Great views of the planet, as well as Titan, Mimas and Enceladus.

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  1. Re:That's no moon... by camperdave · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're asking a forum full of nerds who collectively have seen Star Wars over a trillion times if we noticed that Mimas looks like the Death Star? Are you out of your gourd?

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