Friday, December 14, 2007

The world is so big and the moons are so small...

Enceladus and Epimetheus
Saturn is big. Look at the rings - how narrow they seem almost edge-on. And then the little moons - Enceladus, nearer to us, and Epimetheus (314 and 72 miles in diameter, respectively). Saturn's edge almost looks vertical.

What a strange and beautiful place.

(see Cassini's home page for details)

Labels: , , ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

     <-- Older Post                     ^ Home                    Newer Post -->