Cassini Stared Into Saturns Polar Abyss, and Its Creepy As Hell. As Cassinis tour of Saturn comes to a close, NASAs getting a bit nostalgic. Yesterday, the space agency released a photo of Saturns North pole the doomed spacecraft took on April 2. Grand Finale. Its almost poetic to have a photo of Cassini staring into the void before it perishes within it. According to NASA, Cassini snapped the picture when it was hovering 1. Saturn. The planets North pole is notorious for the 1,2. Cassini has photographed many times. The hexagonal jet stream surrounding that monster cyclone creates a unique visual thats absolutely haunting at any vantage point. Heres that Cassini image in full For context, heres that hexagonal storm in color filters Cassini has only three orbits left in its 2. On its final dive on September 1. Saturns atmosphere with its antenna pointing toward Earth, transmitting everything it can until the atmosphere overpowers it. So long and thanks for all the pics, Cassini. NASA. Subscribe and SAVE, give a gift subscription or get help with an existing subscription by clicking the links below each cover image. The classic US stereotype of attempted Iranian ideological indoctrination via chants of Death to America and such has been old hat for quite some time. As noted. As Cassinis tour of Saturn comes to a close, NASAs getting a bit nostalgic. Yesterday, the space agency released a photo of Saturns North pole the doomed.
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