Lançada em 1997, a sonda espacial Cassini chegou há dez anos à órbita de Saturno e desde então tem vindo a captar imagens fantásticas. Esta, de 2 de Abril de 2014, mostra o hexágono (mais largo que dois planetas Terra) polar que se forma com a rotação do planeta, para além dos espantosos anéis, claro.
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Launched in 1997, spacecraft Cassini arrived in Saturn's orbit ten years ago and it has captured fantastic images ever since. This one, from April 2nd 2014, shows the polar hexagon (wider than two Earths) that forms with the planet's rotation, and also the amazing rings, of course.
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Launched in 1997, spacecraft Cassini arrived in Saturn's orbit ten years ago and it has captured fantastic images ever since. This one, from April 2nd 2014, shows the polar hexagon (wider than two Earths) that forms with the planet's rotation, and also the amazing rings, of course.
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