NASA releases new photos of Saturn's rings and clouds

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Submission + - NASA releases new photos of Saturn's rings and clouds (space.com)

Submitted by skade88 on Monday December 31, 2012 @11:55AM

skade88 writes: Cassini launched in 1997 and has taken over 300,000 pictures of Saturn since it started orbiting the planet. The mission is due to run through 2017. NASA has released of the newest photos worth releasing snapped by Cassini. Highlights include Saturn's rings, clouds, Saturn's moon Janus and the shadow of another one of Saturn's moons Mimas.

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