NASA: Beautiful 44- Hour Timelapse of Saturn!
NASA's Jet propulsion lab has been involved with the Internet quite a lot these past few months. Their most recent contribution was when they held the infamous pumpkin carving contest. Now they released a time lapse of Saturn.
This just shows that NASA too is attempting to socialize and share incredibly amazing things with the rest of the world. That should be appreciated.
Very recently, they uploaded a time lapse of the infamous ringed planet. It was a time lapse which was was added together with imagery to video processing. The time lapse for Saturn lasted for 44 hours but for YouTube, through Business Insider, it was condensed down to about a few minutes.
It all seemed a tad bit animated at first but there were edited guidelines and footnotes in the video that helped realize that this is actually the planet.
The planet itself seems quite beautiful but what is more incredible is the way it was recorded. It was recorded by NASA's Cassini Spacecraft. It managed to get close enough to Saturn to capture it with all the details but it was far enough so the entire planet would show, including its rings.
According to CNet, a day in Saturn lasts about 10.5 hours and so this time lapse lasted for an entire four days for Saturn.
In the time lapse one can easily see the shadow movements of Saturn during the night and day cycle. There is also a really large circular storm occurring around the northern hemisphere of Saturn.
The storm seems quite stationary and is seen encircling in and out of the time lapse as the days go by.
All in all, Saturn is quite the beautiful planet when seen from up close. The footage was recorded all the way back in April but released last Thursday.
