Saturn

Posted on May 12, 2005 by sheila

This photograph blows my mind.

In this photo released by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, a new moon, provisionally named S/2005 S1, within the Keeler gap in Saturn’s rings, is shown in an image obtained with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 2, 2005, at a distance of about 594,000 kilometers (369,000 miles) from Saturn. The moon measures four miles across and is about 85,000 miles from the center of Saturn. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)

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4 Responses to Saturn

  1. peteb says:
    May 12, 2005 at 8:24 am

    It is an amazing image.. I keep zooming out to a wider angle of a full view of Saturn and the ring system..

    And a BBC article on this had a fine headline – “New moon of Saturn makes waves”

  2. CW says:
    May 12, 2005 at 8:32 am

    That’s an itty-bitty moon.

  3. Lisa says:
    May 12, 2005 at 9:08 am

    This photo makes me think of one of my favorite hymns, The Spacious Firmament on High, and its last verse:

    What though, in solemn silence, all
    Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
    What though nor real voice nor sound
    Amid their radiant orbs be found?
    In Reason’s ear they all rejoice,
    And utter forth a glorious voice,
    For ever singing, as they shine,
    “The Hand that made us is Divine.”

    /Thursday a.m. controversy

  4. red says:
    May 12, 2005 at 9:13 am

    Lisa – that’s gorgeous. And it’s so perfect for that photo.

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