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G-ring a-go-go

time-lapse image of saturn's g-ring section by cassini probe

"Cassini raw image N00029918.jpg was taken on March 07, 2005 and received on Earth on March 08, 2005. The camera was pointing toward SATURN-GRING at approximately 1,205,765 km away."

Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a time-lapse photo of a planet that was taken by an orbiting probe. It's a particularly captivating image because Cassini's camera aperture seemed to be fairly wide open during the exposure. One of Saturn's moons and the nearby stars blurred... but more distant objects appeared to remain still.

Deep space!

Here are alternate takes:
N00029917.jpg, N00029919.jpg, N00029921.jpg