Saturn eclipsing the Sun!

iceman (Mike) · #1 17-10-2006, 06:18 AM

Wow, what an amazing image of Saturn on APOD today, taken by the orbiting Cassini spacecraft.

It shows the shadowed side of Saturn eclipsing the Sun. It gives a spectacular view of the rings quite unlike any i've seen.

Well worth checking out.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

janoskiss (Steve H) · #2 17-10-2006, 07:33 AM

Interesting. But it would be nice to see what it really looks like, without the "exaggerated colour" processing.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #3 17-10-2006, 12:34 PM

Who would have thought that it would look like that.
I rate that shot on par with the one they took of Jupiter, looking up from the south pole.

robagar · #4 17-10-2006, 12:53 PM

What a great image! The E-ring made up of stuff from Enceladus is incredible

btw the unexaggerated version is at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #5 17-10-2006, 12:55 PM

Eerie! It looks so wierd. Lovely, but wierd.

I like the way you can see Earth in the background! 'Hi Mum, can you see me waving?'

Lee · #6 18-10-2006, 08:51 AM

It looks a bit fake though, like it was done in some CAD program..... I'd like to see a more natural pic too.....

Blue Fire · #7 19-10-2006, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plasmodium

It looks a bit fake though, like it was done in some CAD program..... I'd like to see a more natural pic too.....

You can see different versions of the image, enhanced, nonenhanced, etc. here.