Dive, Cassini, Dive
posted April 27, 2017 #
The Cassini-Huygens satellite is a NASA / ASI collaborative space probe that's been orbiting Saturn since 2004 sending back gigabytes of images of the planets surface and surrounding moons. It was recently decided to be retired and has begun a series of "dives" into the atmosphere of Saturn to take images of the planets surface and weather from a closer view than we've ever seen before. The mission will actually end in mid-September with Cassini piloting itself directly into the planet, burning up in the atmosphere.
Take some time to peruse the images it has captured. The colorized versions are great but it's hard to pick a favorite from any of them.
Take some time to peruse the images it has captured. The colorized versions are great but it's hard to pick a favorite from any of them.


