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My first thought seeing those pictures was, "They sent that damn thing how many millions of miles, and they forgot to include a color camera?"
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The color in space images is always highly processed anyway. Cassini, for example, carries four "camera" systems, each covering different parts of the spectrum, and all of the released images are composited from the various filters and, you know, sciencey things.
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This is about the coolest real-space solar system picture ever, right along with stuff like the Apollo 8 "Earthrise" picture. And look at the crispness of the picture! You can't make this shit up.
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Gorgeous. The best profile of the most beautiful planet shown to great effect.
Saturn is my favourite planet and my first destination of choice in the Solar system... should the opportunity ever arise!
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I find the Jupiter and the Jovian moons more interesting, personally. Saturn may have some incredible rings, but no huge storm spots to see zip by, and only one not-too-rocky moon with Titan (though Mimas is pretty cool). Jupiter's got spots, rings, volcanic moons, icy moons, rocky moons, and monoliths too!
And check THIS out - a composite image from the Galileo probe. Thinner, yet more massive in the same breath..
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