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NASA's Cassini sends stunning photo of Saturn

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<p>This is the first image in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars are all visible at the same time, said NASA (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)</p><br />

This is the first image in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars are all visible at the same time, said NASA (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)


<p>NASA's Cassini spacecraft is in service since 1997. On a loop high above Saturn, it has also captured a stately view of a golden Saturn and its rings (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)</p><br />

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is in service since 1997. On a loop high above Saturn, it has also captured a stately view of a golden Saturn and its rings (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)


<p>The gauzy rings of Saturn and the dark side of the planet glow in newly released infrared images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)</p><br />

The gauzy rings of Saturn and the dark side of the planet glow in newly released infrared images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)


<p>The spacecraft has also detected propylene on Saturn's moon Titan (shown in the image).  The chemical is used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other co nsumer products. This is the first definitive detection of the plastic ingredient on any moon or planet, other than Earth (Photo credit: www.jpl.nasa.gov)</p><br />

The spacecraft has also detected propylene on Saturn's moon Titan (shown in the image).  The chemical is used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other co nsumer products. This is the first definitive detection of the plastic ingredient on any moon or planet, other than Earth (Photo credit: www.jpl.nasa.gov)


<p>NASA on November 13, released a natural-colour image from space which is the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and also Earth, Venus and Mars, are visible as tiny dots in the background. NASA's Cassini spacecraft had acquired the panoramic mosaic of Saturn system that allows scientists to see details in the rings and the planet's entire system on July 19, 2013 (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)</p><br />

NASA on November 13, released a natural-colour image from space which is the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and also Earth, Venus and Mars, are visible as tiny dots in the background. NASA's Cassini spacecraft had acquired the panoramic mosaic of Saturn system that allows scientists to see details in the rings and the planet's entire system on July 19, 2013 (Photo credit: www.nasa.gov)


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NASA's Cassini sends stunning photo of Saturn