{"id":23385,"date":"2013-11-28T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T15:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=23385"},"modified":"2013-11-28T09:49:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T15:49:04","slug":"and-nasa-thanks-for-nasas-cassini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=23385","title":{"rendered":"And NASA.  Thanks For NASA&#8217;s Cassini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samhain \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thanksgiving Moon<\/p>\n<p>All these photographs taken by the Cassini Spacecraft. \u00a0All either of Saturn or its moons and rings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/annotated-Cassini-Saturn-shot-with-earth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23388\" alt=\"annotated Cassini Saturn shot with earth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/annotated-Cassini-Saturn-shot-with-earth.jpg\" width=\"4500\" height=\"1750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/annotated-Cassini-Saturn-shot-with-earth.jpg 4500w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/annotated-Cassini-Saturn-shot-with-earth-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/annotated-Cassini-Saturn-shot-with-earth-1024x398.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4500px) 100vw, 4500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I posted this one before in a smaller shot. \u00a0The title hanging below the lower right portion of Saturn&#8217;s rings says, earth-moon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Enceladus-Cassini-one-of-the-more-active-bodies-in-the-solar-system.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23389\" alt=\"Enceladus  Cassini  one of the more active bodies in the solar system\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Enceladus-Cassini-one-of-the-more-active-bodies-in-the-solar-system.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Enceladus-Cassini-one-of-the-more-active-bodies-in-the-solar-system.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Enceladus-Cassini-one-of-the-more-active-bodies-in-the-solar-system-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Enceladus-Cassini-one-of-the-more-active-bodies-in-the-solar-system-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enceladus Cassini one of the more active bodies in the solar system (moon of Saturn)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hiding-within-Saturn\u2019s-rings-are-thousands-maybe-millions-of-tiny-moonlets-each-no-more-than-a-kilometer-across.-Cassini-discovered-this-shortly-after-arriving-at-Saturn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23390\" alt=\"Hiding within Saturn\u2019s rings are thousands (maybe millions) of tiny moonlets, each no more than a kilometer across. Cassini discovered this shortly after arriving at Saturn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hiding-within-Saturn\u2019s-rings-are-thousands-maybe-millions-of-tiny-moonlets-each-no-more-than-a-kilometer-across.-Cassini-discovered-this-shortly-after-arriving-at-Saturn.jpg\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hiding-within-Saturn\u2019s-rings-are-thousands-maybe-millions-of-tiny-moonlets-each-no-more-than-a-kilometer-across.-Cassini-discovered-this-shortly-after-arriving-at-Saturn.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hiding-within-Saturn\u2019s-rings-are-thousands-maybe-millions-of-tiny-moonlets-each-no-more-than-a-kilometer-across.-Cassini-discovered-this-shortly-after-arriving-at-Saturn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hiding-within-Saturn\u2019s-rings-are-thousands-maybe-millions-of-tiny-moonlets-each-no-more-than-a-kilometer-across.-Cassini-discovered-this-shortly-after-arriving-at-Saturn-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hiding within Saturn\u2019s rings are thousands maybe millions of tiny moonlets each no more than a kilometer across. Cassini discovered this shortly after arriving at Saturn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hyperion.-This-irregularly-shaped-moon-looks-like-a-honeycomb.-It-behaves-weirdly-too-neither-spinning-at-a-constant-rate-nor-maintaining-a-constant-orientation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23391\" alt=\"Hyperion. This irregularly shaped moon looks like a honeycomb. It behaves weirdly, too, neither spinning at a constant rate nor maintaining a constant orientation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hyperion.-This-irregularly-shaped-moon-looks-like-a-honeycomb.-It-behaves-weirdly-too-neither-spinning-at-a-constant-rate-nor-maintaining-a-constant-orientation.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hyperion.-This-irregularly-shaped-moon-looks-like-a-honeycomb.-It-behaves-weirdly-too-neither-spinning-at-a-constant-rate-nor-maintaining-a-constant-orientation.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hyperion.-This-irregularly-shaped-moon-looks-like-a-honeycomb.-It-behaves-weirdly-too-neither-spinning-at-a-constant-rate-nor-maintaining-a-constant-orientation-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Hyperion.-This-irregularly-shaped-moon-looks-like-a-honeycomb.-It-behaves-weirdly-too-neither-spinning-at-a-constant-rate-nor-maintaining-a-constant-orientation-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hyperion.<\/p>\n<p>This irregularly shaped moon looks like a honeycomb. It behaves weirdly too neither spinning at a constant rate nor maintaining a constant orientation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Iapetus21000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23392\" alt=\"Iapetus21000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Iapetus21000.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Iapetus21000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Iapetus21000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Iapetus21000-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iapetus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/late-2010-a-massive-storm-began-churning-in-Saturn\u2019s-northern-hemisphere.-the-storm-stretched-over-rou.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23393\" alt=\"late 2010, a massive storm began churning in Saturn\u2019s northern hemisphere.   the storm stretched over rou\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/late-2010-a-massive-storm-began-churning-in-Saturn\u2019s-northern-hemisphere.-the-storm-stretched-over-rou.jpg\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/late-2010-a-massive-storm-began-churning-in-Saturn\u2019s-northern-hemisphere.-the-storm-stretched-over-rou.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/late-2010-a-massive-storm-began-churning-in-Saturn\u2019s-northern-hemisphere.-the-storm-stretched-over-rou-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/late-2010-a-massive-storm-began-churning-in-Saturn\u2019s-northern-hemisphere.-the-storm-stretched-over-rou-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>late 2010, a massive storm began churning in Saturn\u2019s northern hemisphere. the storm stretched over 190,000 miles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn-Cassini1000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23394\" alt=\"Saturn Cassini1000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn-Cassini1000.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn-Cassini1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn-Cassini1000-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturn Cassini<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn\u2019s-north-pole-is-home-to-an-enigmatic-hexagon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23395\" alt=\"Saturn\u2019s north pole is home to an enigmatic hexagon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn\u2019s-north-pole-is-home-to-an-enigmatic-hexagon.jpg\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn\u2019s-north-pole-is-home-to-an-enigmatic-hexagon.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn\u2019s-north-pole-is-home-to-an-enigmatic-hexagon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Saturn\u2019s-north-pole-is-home-to-an-enigmatic-hexagon-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturn\u2019s north pole is home to an enigmatic hexagon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Though-they-measure-nearly-200000-miles-across-the-rings-are-incredibly-thin.-The-main-rings-average-only-a-few-stories-tall..jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23396\" alt=\"Though they measure nearly 200,000 miles across, the rings are incredibly thin. The main rings average only a few stories tall.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Though-they-measure-nearly-200000-miles-across-the-rings-are-incredibly-thin.-The-main-rings-average-only-a-few-stories-tall..jpg\" width=\"5671\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Though-they-measure-nearly-200000-miles-across-the-rings-are-incredibly-thin.-The-main-rings-average-only-a-few-stories-tall..jpg 5671w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Though-they-measure-nearly-200000-miles-across-the-rings-are-incredibly-thin.-The-main-rings-average-only-a-few-stories-tall.-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Though-they-measure-nearly-200000-miles-across-the-rings-are-incredibly-thin.-The-main-rings-average-only-a-few-stories-tall.-1024x130.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5671px) 100vw, 5671px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though they measure nearly 200,000 miles across, the rings are incredibly thin. The main rings average only a few stories tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tiny-Mimas-is-the-smallest-spherical-body-in-the-solar-system.-Less-than-250-miles-across.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23397\" alt=\"Tiny Mimas is the smallest spherical body in the solar system. Less than 250 miles across\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tiny-Mimas-is-the-smallest-spherical-body-in-the-solar-system.-Less-than-250-miles-across.jpg\" width=\"583\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tiny-Mimas-is-the-smallest-spherical-body-in-the-solar-system.-Less-than-250-miles-across.jpg 583w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tiny-Mimas-is-the-smallest-spherical-body-in-the-solar-system.-Less-than-250-miles-across-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tiny Mimas is the smallest spherical body in the solar system. Less than 250 miles across<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Titan-Titan-is-the-only-other-body-in-the-solar-system-with-liquid-on-its-surface.-It-has-hydrocarbon-lakes-and-seas-shores-and-rivers-and-seasonal-rainfall-like-on-Earth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23398\" alt=\"Titan   Titan is the only other body in the solar system with liquid on its surface. It has hydrocarbon lakes and seas, shores and rivers, and seasonal rainfall like on Earth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Titan-Titan-is-the-only-other-body-in-the-solar-system-with-liquid-on-its-surface.-It-has-hydrocarbon-lakes-and-seas-shores-and-rivers-and-seasonal-rainfall-like-on-Earth.jpg\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Titan-Titan-is-the-only-other-body-in-the-solar-system-with-liquid-on-its-surface.-It-has-hydrocarbon-lakes-and-seas-shores-and-rivers-and-seasonal-rainfall-like-on-Earth.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Titan-Titan-is-the-only-other-body-in-the-solar-system-with-liquid-on-its-surface.-It-has-hydrocarbon-lakes-and-seas-shores-and-rivers-and-seasonal-rainfall-like-on-Earth-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Titan-Titan-is-the-only-other-body-in-the-solar-system-with-liquid-on-its-surface.-It-has-hydrocarbon-lakes-and-seas-shores-and-rivers-and-seasonal-rainfall-like-on-Earth-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Titan Titan is the only other body in the solar system with liquid on its surface. It has hydrocarbon lakes and seas, shores and rivers, and seasonal rainfall like on Earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samhain \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thanksgiving Moon All these photographs taken by the Cassini Spacecraft. \u00a0All either of Saturn or its moons and rings. I posted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=23385\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And NASA.  Thanks For NASA&#8217;s Cassini<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4302],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-science-2","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23399,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23385\/revisions\/23399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}