Sve dok američka svemirska sonda Kasini nije stigla do orbite Saturna od 2004. godine, "Zemljani" nisu imali priliku da vide tu planetu izbliza. U međuvremenu Kasini je napravio 453,000 snimaka ne samo Saturna, već i krugova i mesece te gigantske gasovite planete. Poslednji snimci stižu samo dan pre nego što Kasini (15. septembra) ne bude izgoreo na Saturnovom nebu i time veličanstveno završi vrlo plodnu naučnu misiju.
Poslednji snimci svemirske sonde Kasini
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This Jan. 28, 2016 image made available by NASA shows Saturn's rings, including the darker series of bands called the Cassini Division between the bright B ring, left, and dimmer A ring, right.
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This Aug. 12, 2009 composite image made available by NASA shows Saturn in equinox seen by the approaching Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's equinox occurs only once in about 15 Earth years.
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This Dec. 3, 2015 image made available by NASA shows three of Saturn's moons - Tethys, above, Enceladus, second left, and Mimas, seen from the Cassini spacecraft.
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This 2007 image made available by NASA shows a hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare on Saturn's moon Titan, as seen by the Cassini spacecraft.