By CAROLE ROBERTS
Saturn with its beautiful ring system and a couple of its
moons (Image courtesy NASA/Cassini Imaging)
The Cassini probe has been flying around Saturn
for several years now, in fact, several years after it was supposed to be
decommissioned. And it's still doing a wonderful job of capturing images and
studying one of if not the most beautiful planet in our solar system.
Raw images come in all the time, but without
processing or experts pointing out the interesting details, they're not of much
use to regular people.
The most interesting shots though, get some care
from the NASA/JPL team handling the mission. Just before Christmas, the team has
published a spectacular view of Saturn and its rings along with a couple of its
60 moons.
The photo has been cleaned up and slightly
enhanced to make some of the details more visible. In the higher resolution
versions, you can spot Mimas, one of the smaller moons, or rather, it's
elongated shadow below the shadow of the rings.
Above Saturn's north pole, you can also spot
Janus, another small Saturn moon, as a small bright spot. The photo had to be
enhanced, making Janus brighter, to be able to see it more clearly.
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