This is an awesome computer generated display of what the Earth would look like with a set of Rings like Saturn or one of the other gas giant planets. The simulation was done by Roy Prol who not only tackled things like orientation and different views, but also made this video beautifully.

This picture popped up as I was surfing yesterday evening. It was shot by the Cassini orbiter on its Equinox Mission. This picture is of Saturn’s moon, Rhea. It was photographed on November 8 of this year at a distance of approximately 1,874,061 kilometers. This is abstract art in its purest, most natural form.

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August was an incredible month for Outer Space. Below are a few pictures that came out of this last month.
Discovery lifting off at midnight on Aug. 28.
Victoria Crater. The cool thing here is that if you view this pic larger, you can see the tracks of the rover.
One of my favorites, Saturn viewed from the [...]

We are getting some awesome shots from Saturn’s rings right now for 2 reasons. First, we put Cassini in orbit around Saturn and secondly, the Sun happens to be edge on with Saturn’s rings. We can see some cool things happening now. A few weeks ago we were able to see the gravitational effects of [...]