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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Enceladus, one of moons of Saturn, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. (NASA)
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This image of Saturn taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Nov. 23, 2013 and released on Feb. 3, 2014 was taken using a spectral filter that preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers. (NASA/JPL-Cal Tech)
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In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
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Dione with Enceladus in the background. This image was taken by the Cassini spacecraft, Sept. 8, 2015.