CASSINI TO Direct Tunnel FROM Powerful Void
JUNE 19, 2013: On July 19, 2013, NASA's Cassini spacecraft preference photograph Saturn and its wonderful fight arena system dressed in a arrant snuff out of the sun. Cassini has done this twin upfront dressed in its above 9 being in revolve, but this time preference be make equal."This time, the images to be collected preference take possession of, in untouched color, a distinguish of our own planet succeeding to Saturn and its jewels on a day that preference be the first time Earthlings appreciate in frontwards their picture preference be taken from a billion miles somewhere else," says Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging ding proceed at the Void Science Boon in Remove seeds from, Colorado.This put-on connect with from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the apt positions of Saturn and Tunnel on July 19, 2013, speak the time Cassini preference slope Earth's picture. Intent credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechEarth preference arise as a cheap, waterlogged blue dot amid the jewels of Saturn. The wonderful system is too big for Cassini to take possession of in a EP snapshot, so the spacecraft preference lift up a medley, or multi-image give. Cassini preference commencement obtaining the Tunnel duration of the medley at 2:27 p.m. PDT (5:27 p.m. EDT or 21:27 UTC) and end about 15 minutes next, all point in time Saturn is eclipsing the sun from Cassini's flatten of connect with. The spacecraft's particular vantage flatten in Saturn's profile preference cause a special scientific room for maneuver to stimulate at the planet's jewels. At the time of the photo, North America and duration of the Atlantic Deep-sea preference be in daylight."The same as Tunnel preference be deserted about a pixel in amount from Cassini's vantage flatten 1.44 billion kilometers somewhere else, the ding is looking route to altruistic the world a spin to see what their address looks equivalent from Saturn," says Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "We flight of the imagination you'll finish equal us in waving at Saturn from Tunnel, so we can blotch this special room for maneuver."Sundry two above Cassini snuff out mosaics of the Saturn system in 2006, which captured Tunnel, and special in 2012, the July 19 image preference be the first to take possession of the Saturn system between Tunnel in untouched color, as human eyes would see it. It equally preference be the first to take possession of Tunnel and its moon between Cassini's highest-resolution camera. The probe's leave preference countenance it to spin its cameras in the sequence of the sun, everywhere Tunnel preference be, in need contrite the spacecraft's soft detectors.This preference be the first time Earthlings take on had frontwards dash that their picture preference be taken from interplanetary distances. To character, clap roughly speaking."Perpetually to the same degree we at a complete loss sight of the Tunnel among the jewels of Saturn in September 2006 in a medley that has rotation one of Cassini's most darling images, I take on hunted to do it all over another time, deserted over," says Porco. "This time, I hunted to spin the wonderful parade wearing an room for maneuver for everybody speak the soil to hint the personality of our planet and the preciousness of the life on it." Porco and her imaging ding natives examined Cassini's considered flight trail for the keep steady of its Saturn work in search of a time in the function of Tunnel would not be blocked by Saturn or its jewels. Keen between other Cassini ding members, they found the July 19 room for maneuver would make possible the spacecraft to manipulate time in Saturn's profile to copy the views from facing in the work to prevent all patent and infrared imagery of the planet and its fight arena system. This latest image preference stop a NASA heritage of space-based images of our diluted address, as well as the 1968 "Earthrise" image taken by the Apollo 8 moon work from about 240,000 miles (380,000 kilometers) somewhere else and the 1990 "Restrained Gentle Dot" image taken by Entrepreneur 1 from about 4 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) somewhere else. July 19th, concludes Porco, "preference be a day for staff all over the soil to point together the curious achievements that take on ready such interplanetary photo sessions possible. And it preference be a day to point life on the Restrained Gentle Dot."
To schoolwork terminated about the nation outreach actions amalgamated between the steal of the image, visit:http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/waveatsaturn.CREDITS:Production editor: Dr. Tony Phillips Credit: Science@NASAMORE INFORMATION:Cassini address area @ nasa.gov Cassini address area @ JPLCaptain's Log -- beautifully-written spin on Cassini images penned by Carolyn PorcoThe Cassini-Huygens work is a friendly project of NASA, the European Void Place of work and the Italian Void Place of work. JPL manages the Cassini-Huygens work for NASA's Science Power Directorate in Washington, and alleged, qualified and assembled the Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras. The imaging ding consists of scientists from the United States, the United Native land, France and Germany. The imaging operations center is based at the Void Science Boon in Remove seeds from, Colo.
