Love from Space

NASA's just released a series of photos taken by the Cassini spacecraft above Saturn. They are ridiculously awesome:



This is what they have to say about it:
"This natural color mosaic was acquired by the Cassini spacecraft as it soared 39 degrees above the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings. Little light makes its way through the rings to be scattered in Cassini's direction in this viewing geometry, making the rings appear somewhat dark compared to the reflective surface of Saturn (74,898 mi across). The view combines 45 images taken over the course of about two hours, as Cassini scanned across the entire main ring system. The images in this view were obtained on May 9, 2007 at a distance of approximately 700,000 miles from Saturn. (NASA/JPL/SSI)"

Check the rest out here.
Originally linked by the excellent John Scalzi.