No , I’mnot obsessed with Saturn . OK , I amobsessed with Saturn . But so isTime , who picked this deliciously crispy photo as one of the images of the year , reveal ring bumps as gamey as the Rocky Mountains .
https://gizmodo.com/oh-hello-saturn-you-look-so-makey-outy-today-5437053
I ’m not surprised , because it ’s a truly unique second , one that happens at Saturn ’s equinox , which is an event that only pass twice in 10,179 Earth Day . And this prison term , we had Cassini there to take this awful exposure , just when the sun illuminate the closed chain edge - on . As Carolyn Porco — Cassini imaging team loss leader — puts it :
The geometry revealed structures and phenomena in the rings we had never run across before . We saw this renowned adornment outflow from two dimensions into three , with some ring structures soaring as high-pitched as the Rocky Mountains . It made me feel blessed .
The team used Cassini during a hebdomad to take photos of vertical clumps in the ring , and when the equinox happened , they could mensurate their true sizing looking at the tail . accord to NASA ’s Bob Pappalardo at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory :
It ’s like put on 3 - D glasses and learn the third dimension for the first time . This is among the most important event Cassini has establish us .
Well , Bob and Carolyn , Carolyn and Bob and the rest of the Cassini team , all I can say is give thanks you for an amazing work , and the stunning screen background backgrounds in 2009 . [ NASA Full Resolution Image ]
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