posted on Dec 5,2015 at 04:57 pm
1. A recently released photo, taken by the Cassini spacecraft, shows the icy moon Enceladus above a lateral view of Saturn's rings.
2. This image was taken on August 29, 2012 and shows Saturn undergoing a seasonal change and shows that spring has begun in the Northern hemisphere.
3. Cassini drifted into Saturn's shadow for about 12 hours in 2006 and captured a rare view.
4. Cassini spacecraft clicked a beautiful picture after a massive storm on Saturn.
5. On Oct. 5, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers of Enceladus, Nasa's Cassini captured this stunning picture of Saturn's moon.
6. A spectacular glimpse of Saturn's north polar storm. The storm recorded cloud speeds as fast as 150 meters per second.
7. The Saturn eclipse of 2006 captured by Cassini orbiter spacecraft.
8. The Cassini-Huygens mission captured a view of two of Saturn's many moons. Titan (L) and Tethys partially obstructed by the planet's rings.
9. In October 2013, Cassini flew high above Saturn, looking down toward its north pole. This is the single most breathtaking arial image of Saturn ever taken.
10. Saturn’s mysterious, beautiful concentric rings.
11. Hyperion, of Saturn’s many moons. It looks porous and extremely mysterious for a moon.
12. Saturn's moon Tethys with a backdrop of the planet's breathtaking rings.
13. Summer storms are common on Saturn, but this one, which bubbled up from deep within the planet’s atmosphere in 2010, was extraordinary.
14. This colorful view from NASA's Cassini mission is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as
Spectacular, isn't it?
Source: http://www.postpickle.com/technology/14-breathtaking-pictures-of-saturn-the-most-mysterious-and-beautiful-planet
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