Daily Cassini

Saturn, rings and moons seen by the Cassini spacecraft wow!

July 18, 2009 – Spectacular Saturn, observed by the Cassini space probe from a distance of approximately 2.1 million kilometers (1.3 million miles).

this blog isn’t dead and neither am i.

but in a few dozen orbits i will be too.

we all get a few dozen orbits and burn up, just like cassini.

but in our brief and fleeting moments of life, we tread quietly, observing the magnificence all around us.

we spin around and around, savoring the beautiful sunset, knowing there won’t always be another.

but even in our absence, the march of life carries forth, spinning, observing.

for we are not alone in this dizzying swirl, we have each other, and that makes it all just a little bit sweeter.

look around you

Image of Saturn taken by Cassini spacecraft in October 28, 2016.

In Cassini’s final days, it is sweeping through dramatic, close flybys of Saturn’s rings

Saturn’s rings and Saturn’s moon appearing cut in two by Saturn’s razor-thin rings.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: The rings of Saturn, observed on March 13, 2015 by the Cassini space probe.