#January2018

Space Swoon: Saturn’s rings go translucent, courtesy of Cassini

saturn cassini rings

Cassini captured this gorgeous photo of Saturn and its rings looking all translucent as fuck, for our benefit. I don’t really have anything else to add, just enjoy this shit!

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Space Swoon: Cassini captures Saturn’s gorgeous clouds

nasa cassini saturn cloud swirls

Here’s just Cassini, doing more Cassini-type dope ass shit.

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Space Swoon: Cassini captures Saturn’s hazy horizon

cassini saturn horizon

Cassini is just clutch-ass gorgeous pictures, dudes. Nothing more to say, especially not with my head cold doubling back, and my lungs full of phlegm-ass star dust or whatever.

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Space Swoon: Cassini captures a dawn on Saturn

cassini saturn dawn

Just Cassini doing Cassini things. You know, capturing beautiful images of Saturn and its moons and rings and such forth and so on.

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Space Swoon: Saturn’s sheer scope reduces its moon Mimas to a speck

saturn mimas dwarfed

Space. It goes without saying. Is big.

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Space Swoon: Cassini Captures Saturn’s Hexagon

cassini capture's saturn's hexagon

Check it out! Here Cassini captures Saturn’s hexagon in all its glory.

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Space Swoon: Earth as seen between Saturn’s rings is existentially staggering

earth between saturn rings

There we are, friends. Between Saturn’s rings. Tiny, and distant, and wonderful.

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Space Swoon: Illustration of Cassini’s final dive before plunging into Saturn

cassini illustration final dive

Here’s an artist rendition of Cassini’s final dive. The beautiful spacecraft will make one more sweep between the planet and its rings before plummeting into Saturn itself this September.

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Space Swoon: Even Dione’s Craters Are Beautiful

cassini dione creusa

Cassini, doing what Cassini does. Taking beautiful pictures. Reporting back.

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Space Swoon: Cassini Captures Saturn’s “Death Star” Moon

cassini saturn moon death star

Man! I knew it. The fucking Illuminati out there, building Death Stars and shit. Oh sure you can tell me this is a picture of a “moon”, but I really call it “prepping for disclosure” because I ain’t no sucker.

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