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Credit & Copyright: Images:
Cassini Imaging Team,
ISS,
JPL,
ESA,
NASA;
Video Compilation:
Chris Abbas;
Music Credit & License: Ghosts I-IV (Nine Inch Nails)
Explanation:
What has the Cassini orbiter seen at Saturn?
The featured music video
shows some of the early highlights.
In the first time-lapse sequence (00:07), a vertical line appears that is really
Saturn's
thin rings seen nearly edge-on.
Soon some of
Saturn's
moon shoot past.
The next sequence (00:11) features Saturn's unusually
wavy F-ring that is constrained by the two
shepherd moons that are
also continually perturbing it.
Soon much of Saturn's
extensive ring system
flashes by, sometimes juxtaposed to the grandeur of the immense planet itself.
Cloud patterns on
Titan (00:39) and
Saturn (00:41) are highlighted.
Clips from flybys of several of Saturn's moon are then shown, including
Phoebe,
Mimas,
Epimetheus, and
Iapetus.
In other sequences, moons of Saturn
appear to pass each other as they orbit Saturn.
Background star fields seen by Cassini are sometimes intruded upon by bright passing
moons.
The robotic Cassini spacecraft has been revolutionizing humanity's knowledge of Saturn and
its moons since
2004.
In September,
Cassini's mission will be brought to a
dramatic conclusion as the spacecraft will be
directed to dive into ringed giant.
Music Credit & License: Ghosts I-IV (Nine Inch Nails)
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