APOD: 2021 September 11 - Saturn at Night

Thank you my space exploration and NASA photography advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, September 11, 2021 entitled "Saturn at Night."

Image: Saturn at Night - Image Credit - NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Mindaugas Macijauskas

APOD Background
"Explanation: Still bright in planet Earth's night skies, good telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it a star at star parties. But this stunning view of Saturn's rings and night side just isn't possible from telescopes closer to the Sun than the outer planet. They can only bring Saturn's day into view. In fact, this image of Saturn's slender sunlit crescent with night's shadow cast across its broad and complex ring system was captured by the Cassini spacecraft. A robot spacecraft from planet Earth, Cassini called Saturn orbit home for 13 years before it was directed to dive into the atmosphere of the gas giant on September 15, 2017. This magnificent mosaic is composed of frames recorded by Cassini's wide-angle camera only two days before its grand final plunge. Saturn's night will not be seen again until another spaceship from Earth calls."

Saturn - Stevie Wonder (Songs In The Key Of Love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp_LmmxZFWQ


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Beautiful.

Good evening!