Beast of Bourbon 🩷💜💙This picture of Saturn, taken by the Cassini spacecraft, is the most dazzling thing I’ve seen in a very long time.
misha@Jen_Lee Holy shit
Stargeezer Smith@Jen_Lee
Beyond words.
Beyond words.
Mauri@Jen_Lee breathtaking
Martha Howell@Jen_Lee
Holy cow, that's something. Remember those 3D models in 5th grade science? Now this? <boom, brain shred>
Holy cow, that's something. Remember those 3D models in 5th grade science? Now this? <boom, brain shred>
Prof Prachi Srivastava
Doreen32128 ready to rumble!@Jen_Lee Wow wow wow!
Catherine BerryI love what happens aesthetically when we manage to let go of our primate-brain instincts about what "should" be "up".
fluffy 💜@Jen_Lee it looks so soft and touchable
Thomas Beagle
duobham@Jen_Lee These kids these days and their vertical photos!
Here, I fixed it for the older folks:.
Here, I fixed it for the older folks:.
Tom Ritchford@Jen_Lee You can see the Cassini Division so very clearly, how perfect!
PassengerIt's fake. Made of plastic. You can clearly see the mold marks.
(This is a very old astronomy joke but I never get tired of making it.)
undeuxtrois@passenger @Jen_Lee Plus it would never stand balancing on its side long enough for the photo to be taken.
It's hanging from the ceiling by a little string, obviously.
Harry Callahan@Jen_Lee If reincarnation is real, I wouldn't mind returning as a gas giant.
Art Brew@Jen_Lee is surely not real. Looks like CGI
Am loving it anyways
Am loving it anyways
@ArtBrew It’s real, I promise. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/17771/so-far-from-home/
Anders Eknert@anderseknert actual LOL
Witold Kowalik
Mycotropic@Jen_Lee humans have no sense of scale beyond about 100 meters!
RealGene ☣️@RealGene so, so beautiful.
Sibrosan@Jen_Lee Amazing how the shadow of the planet falls on the rings and how the planet's night side is lit by the bright side of the rings
GuerillaGrue@Jen_Lee This looks like a 3D animation from an early Star Trek movie. I love it!
Queen Faun@Jen_Lee This is clearly just the bottom of a 90s ball mouse
Bruce Spencer@Jen_Lee
I watched this video today about the rings and was stunned by some of the images Cassini has took, but more about what we've learned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bv8g5xBJSo
I watched this video today about the rings and was stunned by some of the images Cassini has took, but more about what we've learned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bv8g5xBJSo
How Saturn Got Its Rings | The Planets | Earth Science
randint@Jen_Lee Didn't know that Saturn can look so stunning! And the alt text is so well-written, clear, and beautiful!
@randint that’s so kind of you to say, thank you. This was actually a fun alt text to write. Way more things to say about it than the typical meme I post, lol.
@Jen_Lee Didn't know that Saturn can look so stunning! And the alt text is so well-written, clear, and beautiful!
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