A Traveler's Guide to the Planets – Saturn
Today on Far Future Horizons the next stop of our tour of the solar system will be the planet Saturn and its magnificent rings.
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Huygens picture from Titan's surface—the only image from the surface of a moon or a planet farther away than Mars |
From Earth, Saturn's rings appear solid, but they are actually made up of chunks of rock and ice. They look spectacular, but navigating around them - and the planet's more than 60 moons - would be a nightmare for travelers. We will travel through the rings for a stunning CGI tour of this gaseous giant.
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The Geysers of Enceladus |
We will also have a close encounter with two of Saturn’s extraordinary moons. Enceladus is making all the headlines as the must-see moon in the Saturnian system these days. Then we will go on to the thick atmosphere and weather of Titan.
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets is available from Amazon's Instant Video.
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Titan in natural color. The thick atmosphere is orange due to a dense organonitrogen haze. |
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets is available from Amazon's Instant Video.
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