Latest Saturn Photos From NASA's Cassini Orbiter (space.com)

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been snapping amazing photos of Saturn and its moons since 2004. See some of Cassini's latest spectacular photos of the Saturn system here. SHOWN HERE: An image of Saturn, taken by the Cassini probe on Feb. 19, 2016. The spacecraft captured this image from roughly 1.2 million miles, at 7 degrees above the ring plane using its wide-angle camera. The moon Dione can be seen in the lower left of the image. Read the full story here.

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more: http://www.space.com/15090-saturn-photos-nasa-cassini-spacecraft.html

[AuntPatsy]

1. Just beautiful...

[Warren DeMontague]

2. "My God, It's Full Of Stars!"

Beautiful. Thanks.

[MrScorpio]

3. That was over Jupiter...

But I dig where you're coming from.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Fun fact- originally 2001 -was- set at Saturn, IIRC. At least in the ACC book.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)

[MrScorpio]

5. I'm guessing that Jupiter was sexier for the movies nt

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Its possble that the special effects guys couldnt get the rings right

There is an answer, but i forgot what it is. I'll go digging for it later.

[D Gary Grady]

7. I'm pretty sure you're right

At least that's what I recall reading and hearing at the time. (I'm an old guy.) Douglas Trumbull, in charge of the special effects, couldn't get a convincing set of rings, so they decided to make the planet Jupiter. Saturn would have been more spectacular, if it could have been brought off.

[yesphan]

8. Yes,

it was the rings. I'm listening to the 2001 ASO audio book now. There is an introduction read by ACC where he tells about switching from Saturn To Jupiter because of the FX difficulties on the rings.
A lot has been learned about the rings since 1965.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Looks very familiar!

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[Judi Lynn]

10. The six-sided inner form is overwhelming. Can't begin to understand it. Thank you. n/t