A new picture of the Saturn has been released by NASA along with its characteristic rings. The picture is a work of amateur image processor Gordan Ugarkovic, who used pictures taken by the space agency’s Cassini spacecraft. The mind boggling pictures of Saturn with its characteristic rings were taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 10.
The cluster of pictures includes 12 image footprints through red, blue and green filters. These filters are a part of the Cassini’s imaging system. The images have not been geometrically corrected for the shifts in the spacecraft perception.
The Cassini program started in the right earnest in 2004 when it entered the orbit around Saturn. After entering the orbit it started the first close study of the ringed planet. The probe was built for a four year mission has got two extensions- Cassini Equinox Mission, and the Cassini Solstice Mission.
"NASA Releases dramatic pictures of Saturn"
NASA Releases dramatic pictures of Saturn

The scientists were excited about Titan which is Saturn’s largest moon and has a close resemblance to how Earth must have looked just before the arrival of life. The Cassini probe plunged through the moon’s dense atmosphere and along with it would have collected enough data to which will be pored upon in the coming years. Many researchers believe that Titan is home to many of the same features seen on Earth like mountains, lakes, rivers, channels, rain, snow, dunes, and possibly volcanoes.
Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist, said in a statement, “We’re looking at a string of remarkable discoveries — about Saturn’s magnificent rings, its amazing moons, its dynamic magnetosphere and about Titan’s surface and atmosphere. Some of the mission highlights so far include discovering that Titan has Earth-like processes and that the small moon Enceladus has a hot-spot at its southern pole, jets on the surface that spew out ice crystals and evidence of liquid water beneath its surface.” Source:pentagonpost.com