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Cassini's global views of Saturn and its rings

Emily Lakdawalla • March 08, 2007

Since late January Cassini has been acquiring several sets of images that show all of Saturn's globe and ring system at once from perspectives well above and below the ring plane.

Saturn's complete ring system from the north

Saturn from above

Emily Lakdawalla • March 01, 2007

OK, I had planned to confine my posts this week to Rosetta and New Horizons, but I could not let these images sit on my computer until next week.

I wrote recently about a set of images of Saturn acquired by Cassini from a unique vantage point, well above the planet, looking down on the rings. Someone has taken up the challenge of assembling the 36 different images into a single mosaic, in color, and it is as lovely as I'd hoped.

A cool Cassini ring plane crossing animation

Emily Lakdawalla • January 26, 2007

Another recent, cool set of images that came down from Cassini was a series taken last week as the spacecraft crossed the ring plane.

The Saturn view I've been waiting for

Emily Lakdawalla • January 22, 2007

Over the weekend, Cassini acquired a set of images that will (I am assuming) eventually be used to produce a glorious portrait of the ringed planet from a point of view that's never been seen before.