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 Aug. 14, 2014 image made available by NASA shows shadows of Saturn's rings projected on the southern hemisphere of the gas giant.
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The Cassini spacecraft has captured the first detailed images of a giant hurricane on Saturn.
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This Aug. 23, 2014 image made available by NASA shows the fluid dynamics in Saturn's uppermost cloud layers.
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The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora appear together in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks sufficient gravity to pull itself into a round shape like its larger sibling, Mimas. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)