# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/2vpVPMGh_1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15347973-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/46dc69f3f9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-05-16T13:27:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

A spectacular shot of serene Saturn for #SpaceSaturday. From a distance, Saturn seems to exude an aura of serenity and peace. In spite of this appearance, Saturn is an active and dynamic world. Its atmosphere is a fast-moving and turbulent place with wind speeds in excess of 1,100 miles per hour (1,800 km per hour) in places. The lack of a solid surface to create drag means that there are fewer features to slow down the wind than on a planet like Earth.

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera in Feb., 2015 using a spectral filter centered at 752 nanometers, in the near-infrared portion of the spectrum. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers) from Saturn; image scale is 96 miles (150 kilometers) per pixel.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

#NASA #Saturn #weareplanetary #blackandwhite #Cassini #JPL #ESA #ISA #deepspace #science #technology #exploration #imagery #2015best

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deepspace, nasa, imagery, blackandwhite, saturn, jpl, isa, weareplanetary, science, spacesaturday, 2015best, cassini, exploration, technology, esa

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