{"id":1258,"date":"2009-10-11T05:43:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T09:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2009-12-12T07:43:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T11:43:28","slug":"cassini-mission-to-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2009\/cassini-mission-to-saturn","title":{"rendered":"Cassini Mission to Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/jpeg\/PIA11667.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1262 aligncenter\" title=\"cassini-saturn-equinox\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-equinox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-equinox.jpg 481w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-equinox-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 85vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many new wonders on the <a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/photos\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Cassini Website<\/strong><\/em><\/a> starting with this <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11667\" target=\"_blank\">new portrait of Saturn at Equinox<\/a>. Notice that the ring shadow cast on the planet has diminished to a fine line. The tangential lighting brings out <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11659\" target=\"_blank\">shadows of various moons<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11629\" target=\"_blank\">ring features<\/a>. There are also amazing new <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11681\" target=\"_blank\">movies of aurora<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11682\" target=\"_blank\">hexagon at the north pole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11659\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"cassini-saturn-tethys-shadows\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-tethys-shadows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11629\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"cassini-saturn-shadows\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-shadows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11681\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"cassini-saturn-aurora\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-aurora.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA11682\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"cassini-saturn-hexagon\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-saturn-hexagon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking back I&#8217;ll start with this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA08329\" target=\"_blank\">amazing backlit portrait from 2006<\/a>. It is actually a double portrait, if you look closely you can see\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/figures\/PIA08324_fig1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Earth<\/a><\/strong> in the 10 o&#8217;clock position just beyond the brighter rings!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/jpeg\/PIA08329.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1260 aligncenter\" title=\"cassini-backlit-saturn\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-backlit-saturn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-backlit-saturn.jpg 520w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cassini-backlit-saturn-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are my favorites from the old site: <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA06077\" target=\"_blank\">Saturn Portrait<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA07873\" target=\"_blank\">Rings Close Up<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA07644\" target=\"_blank\">When Moons Align<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA07232\" target=\"_blank\">Huygens Landing on Titan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA06067\" target=\"_blank\">Phoebe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA07740\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperion<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA06254\" target=\"_blank\">Enceladus<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA06642\" target=\"_blank\">Zen Moon Garden<\/a>. Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/videos\/movies\/Enceladus-20060310-320cc.mov\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Faithful<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpl.arizona.edu\/DISR\/Multimedia\/Titan_Movies.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Titan Landing<\/a> videos. Update2: <a href=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/2008\/11\/incredible-saturn-aurora-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Incredible Aurora<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many new wonders on the Cassini Website starting with this new portrait of Saturn at Equinox. Notice that the ring shadow cast on the planet has diminished to a fine line. The tangential lighting brings out shadows of various moons and ring features. There are also amazing new movies of aurora and the hexagon at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2009\/cassini-mission-to-saturn\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cassini Mission to Saturn&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}