200,000 Photos of Saturn Form a Timelapse

Waltz Around Saturn with this video showing highlights from Cassini's exploration of the giant planet, its magnificent rings, and fascinating family of moons. (WARNING: this video may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy) The video is dedicated to the memory of Margherita Hack, astrophysicist and popular science writer (2013) She made me love the stars music Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No.2: VI. Waltz 2 - Armonie Symphony Orchestra (thanks to Erica Alberti for suggestion) image from Cassini–Huygens spacecraft mission to the Saturn system by NASA and European Space Agency edit Fabio Di Donato This video shows a selection from more than 200.000 pictures taken by the Cassini Spacecraft around Saturn's Rings in a period between 2004 and 2012, published through the Planetary Data System between June 2005 and June 2013 - If you want to know more about the mission please visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ RAW images were processed to PNG thanks to the Vicar-to-PNG procedure provided by Jessica McKellar https://vimeo.com/41634392 Friday, July 19th 2013 @ 2:27 p.m. Earth will be captured in a photo taken by NASA's Cassini Mission to Saturn. This video partecipates to the ‪#‎WaveAtSaturn‬ and #DayEarthSmiled events http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/waveatsaturn/ Thanks to Miura Trabucco for constantly reviewing my works and always suggesting the right thing (and for the title :-) Articles talking about this video (thank you! :) http://www.universetoday.com/103587/waltz-around-saturn-with-this-beautiful-animation/ http://earthsky.org/space/video-ride-with-the-cassini-spacecraft-orbiting-saturn http://www.lecosmographe.com/blog/superbe-video-mondes-de-saturne-cassini/#.UenayWTAXf1 http://universoyciencia.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/waltz-alrededor-de-saturno-con-esta-hermosa-animacion/ http://www.endandit.nl/science/200723046/vliegen-rond-saturnus-met-prachtige-beelden http://www.uzaybilim.net/2013/07/saturnun-halkalar-arasndan-dunya.html http://scienz1.blogspot.it/2013/07/su-dai-stanotte-ballare-con-saturno.html http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/07/25/this-video-montage-of-saturns-rings-and-moons-is-simply-gorgeous/ http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/25/4556684/around-saturn-movie-nasa-cassini-spacecraft-photos http://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-images-of-saturn-make-for-one-amazing-stop-908972046

Created by fabio di donato: 

"Waltz Around Saturn with this video showing highlights from Cassini's exploration of the giant planet, its magnificent rings, and fascinating family of moons.

This video shows a selection from more than 200.000 pictures taken by the Cassini Spacecraft around Saturn's Rings in a period between 2004 and 2012, published through the Planetary Data System between June 2005 and June 2013 - If you want to know more about the mission please visit saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ "

 

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Why We Point Our Most Expensive Cameras Out: The Beauty of Space Photography

Space presents a fantastic mystery to human life. Unfathomably large, with characteristics that defy our experience and understanding, the stars have perplexed and amazed humanity for our entire recorded history, and likely before. In the present, astrophysicists and astronomers are aggressively studying the universe in an attempt to solve critical scientific and philosophical questions.

Astrophysicist Dr. Emily Rice, Hubble Image Processor Zolt Levay and Astronomer David W. Hogg were brought together in this video by PBS to talk on why it's so beautiful and how it's so important to take photos of space.

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