As Cassini ’s tour of Saturn come to a close , NASA ’s come a snatch nostalgic . Yesterday , the quad agencyreleased a photoof Saturn ’s North pole the doom space vehicle took on April 26th — the day it started its Grand Finale . It ’s almost poetical to have a photo of Cassini star into the vacancy before it perishes within it .
According toNASA , Cassini snapped the scene when it was hover 166,000 miles ( 267,000 kilometers ) above Saturn . The satellite ’s North pole is infamous for the1,250 - Admiralty mile - wide tempest it harbor , which Cassinihas photographedmany times . The hexangular jet stream surround that monster cyclone make a unique visual that ’s absolutely haunt at any vantage compass point .
Here ’s that Cassini image in full :
For linguistic context , here’sthat hexagonal stormin color filters :
Cassini has onlythree orbits leftin its 20 - yr - long journeying , the next of which starts today . On its final dive on September 15th , it ’ll immerse itself into Saturn ’s atmosphere with its feeler pointing toward Earth , beam everything it can until the atmosphere overmaster it . So long and thanks for all the pics , Cassini .
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