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The End....
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Caption NASA originale:"This view of Saturn looks toward thePplanet's Night Side, only lit by Sunlight reflected from the Rings.
A mosaic of some of the very last images captured by Cassini's cameras, shows the location where the Spacecraft would have entered the Planet's Atmosphere a few hours later. An annotated view (see the next frame) marks the entry site with an oval. While this area was on the Night Side of the Planet at the time, it would rotate into daylight by the time Cassini made its final dive into Saturn's Upper Atmosphere, ending its remarkable 13-year exploration of Saturn.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to show the scene in Near Natural Colors. The images were taken with Cassini's wide-angle camera on Sept. 14, 2017, at a distance of approx. 394.000 miles (such as a little more than 634.000 Km) from Saturn.
The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017".
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(Dettagli)
