Tuesday 19 September 2017

Space Photos of the Week: So Long, Cassini. Thanks for All the Pics

Space Photos of the Week: So Long, Cassini. Thanks for All the Pics

This week, all eyes are on Saturn and, more specifically, the Cassini spacecraft which circled the planet one last time before crashing into its murky surface on Friday. It left behind thousands of images, including some final shots like the photo of Saturn's clouds near the terminator, which is the boundary between night and day. It also took the awkwardly named "goodbye-kiss" image of Titan. The moon's gravity gave Cassini one final push around Saturn before its dramatic end.

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