Snapshots from Space

Hey, I'm on APOD today!

Emily Lakdawalla • April 20, 2010

A big thanks to Bob Nemiroff, editor of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day website, for picking my composition of a set of Cassini photos of Dione and Titan for today's offering.

A calming Titan

Emily Lakdawalla • April 19, 2010

Usually I like Mondays, but today I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. When I get overwhelmed, I look at pictures from Cassini.

Dione and Titan

Emily Lakdawalla • April 12, 2010

It's axiomatic that as soon as I post about pretty Cassini pictures, another set of pretty photos will appear on the raw images website.

Saturn family portrait (taken 20 months before Cassini orbit insertion)

A feast of pretty pictures from Cassini

Emily Lakdawalla • April 12, 2010

Cassini has it almost too easy. Point at anything in the Saturn system and you're guaranteed of a shot that looks, at least, pretty.

A busy day for Cassini: Dione plus bonus Enceladus and Janus

Emily Lakdawalla • April 08, 2010

The Cassini Saturn orbiter just completed its second very close flyby of Saturn's mid-sized iceball moon Dione, and the images from that encounter have been streaming onto the Cassini raw images website this morning.

Rhea on the rings with Prometheus and Janus

Pretty picture: Rhea, rings, and two little moons

Emily Lakdawalla • April 06, 2010

Here's a lovely picture whose components came down from Cassini a few days ago.

Mimas' cold region: another new mystery for Cassini to explore

Emily Lakdawalla • March 29, 2010

This new map of Saturn's moon Mimas -- representing data captured by the CIRS thermal infrared spectrometer during Cassini's February 13, 2010 flyby -- is just baffling.

A trio of pretty Cassini pics

Emily Lakdawalla • March 19, 2010

It's been a little while since I posted any Cassini pictures just because they were pretty, so here's a few recent ones, produced by amateurs from the images available on the Cassini raw images website.