Views from Cassini at Saturn
What has the Cassini orbiter seen since arriving at Saturn?
The above music video
shows some of the highlights.
In the first time-lapse sequence (00:07), a vertical line appears that is really Saturn's
thin rings seen nearly edge-on.
Soon some of
Saturn's
moon shoot past.
The next sequence (00:11) features Saturn's unusually
wavy F-ring that is constrained by the two
shepherd moons that are also continually perturbing it.
Soon much of Saturn's
extensive ring system flashes by, sometimes juxtaposed to the grandeur of the immense planet itself.
Cloud patterns on
Titan (00:39) and
Saturn (00:41) are highlighted.
Clips from flyby's of several of Saturn's moon are then shown, including
Phoebe,
Mimas,
Epimetheus, and
Iapetus.
In other sequences, moons of Saturn
appear to pass each other as they orbit Saturn.
Background star fields seen by Cassini are sometimes intruded upon by bright passing moons.
The robotic Cassini spacecraft has been revolutionizing humanity's knowledge of Saturn and its moons since
2004.