Awesome new Images of Saturn

[MikeTbob]

From the NASA JPL website, some really breathtaking views of the rings around Saturn.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedi...fm?videoID=147

This life-like movie sequence captures Saturn's rings during a ring plane crossing--which Cassini makes twice per orbit--from the spacecraft's point of view. The movie begins with a view of the sunlit side of the rings. As the spacecraft speeds from south to north, the rings appear to tilt downward and collapse to a thin plane, and then open again to reveal the un-illuminated side of the ring plane, where sunlight filters through only dimly

Thought some of you guys might enjoy this.

[sdousley]

That's pretty sweet. There's a cool picture from Cassini on The Register here

[fingal]

What I enjoyed was seeing the moons of Saturn in the background. I wasn't sure what they were at first, but then I read the notes that came with the movie.

[oz]

Saturn is indeed a beauty to behold when veiwed through a good telescope.

[techieMoe]

Just to beat everyone else to the punch: no, there still aren't any new pictures of Uranus.

[fingal]

Just to beat everyone else to the punch: no, there still aren't any new pictures of Uranus.

Ooooooo I nearly said that!