Monday, June 14, 2004

Cassini Reaches Saturn

The long, slow journey to ringed Saturn is over, we're in the neighbourhood! And the view is amazing! On the way to a landing on Titan in January 2005, the Cassini plutonium powered spacecraft is passing by Phoebe (see photos below), one of Saturn's 31 know moons. You can see the underlying ice of the crater wall shining white in the weak light from the far away sun



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