Saturn's Shadow Takes Bite Out of Rings in Stunning NASA Photo
Saturn’s iconic rings disappear into shadow in a gorgeous image by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
That shadow, cast by Saturn itself, extended far beyond the rings for years after Cassini reached the planet in 2004. The shadow began to shrink in 2009, after the planet’s equinox (when the sun was directly above Saturn’s equator).
The newly released photo captured the moment, on Jan. 16, 2015, when Saturn’s shadow just barely reached across the entire ring system, NASA officials said.
“The shadow will continue to shrink until the planet’s northern summer solstice, at which point it will once again start lengthening across the rings, reaching across them in 2019,” agency officials wrote in a description of the photo Monday (Sept. 12).
Cassini was about 1.6 million miles (2.6 million kilometers) from Saturn when it took the image, which features a resolution of 90 miles (145 km) per pixel, NASA officials said.
The $3.2 billion Cassini mission — a joint effort of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency — launched in 1997 and arrived in the Saturn system in July 2004. The Cassini mothership also delivered a lander named Huygens onto the surface of Saturn’s huge moon Titan in January 2005.
Cassini will continue studying the ringed planet and its many moons until September 2017, when its mission will end with an intentional death dive into Saturn’s atmosphere. This final maneuver is designed to ensure that the spacecraft doesn’t contaminate Titan or fellow moon Enceladus, both of which may be capable of supporting life, with microbes from Earth.
Anyone can join.
Anyone can contribute.
Anyone can become informed about their world.
"United We Stand" Click Here To Create Your Personal Citizen Journalist Account Today, Be Sure To Invite Your Friends.
Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex
HerbAnomic’s Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex is a revolutionary New Humic and Fulvic Acid Complex designed to support your body at the cellular level. Our product has been thoroughly tested by an ISO/IEC Certified Lab for toxins and Heavy metals as well as for trace mineral content. We KNOW we have NO lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum etc. in our Formula. This Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral complex has high trace levels of naturally occurring Humic and Fulvic Acids as well as high trace levels of Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Molybdenum, Potassium and more. There is a wide range of up to 70 trace minerals which occur naturally in our Complex at varying levels. We Choose to list the 8 substances which occur in higher trace levels on our supplement panel. We don’t claim a high number of minerals as other Humic and Fulvic Supplements do and leave you to guess which elements you’ll be getting. Order Your Humic Fulvic for Your Family by Clicking on this Link , or the Banner Below.
Our Formula is an exceptional value compared to other Humic Fulvic Minerals because...
It’s OXYGENATED
It Always Tests at 9.5+ pH
Preservative and Chemical Free
Allergen Free
Comes From a Pure, Unpolluted, Organic Source
Is an Excellent Source for Trace Minerals
Is From Whole, Prehisoric Plant Based Origin Material With Ionic Minerals and Constituents
Highly Conductive/Full of Extra Electrons
Is a Full Spectrum Complex
Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex has Minerals, Amino Acids, Poly Electrolytes, Phytochemicals, Polyphenols, Bioflavonoids and Trace Vitamins included with the Humic and Fulvic Acid. Our Source material is high in these constituents, where other manufacturers use inferior materials.
Try Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex today. Order Yours Today by Following This Link.
| Online: | |
| Visits: | 1,613,282,596 |
| Stories: | 8,179,319 |
Whistler Blowers, Insiders
