We have at last
We have at last glimpsed the surface of the fabled world, Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the greatest single expanse of unexplored territory remaining in the Solar System today. Carolyn Porco
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We have at last glimpsed the surface of the fabled world, Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the greatest single expanse of unexplored territory remaining in the Solar System today. Carolyn Porco
Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding. Carolyn Porco
Remember, Voyager was just a flyby, Cassini is in orbit. We have the opportunity for monitoring them and their behavior, their comings and goings, how they evolve, when they appear and disappear. Carolyn Porco
For planetary explorers like us, there is little that can compare to the sighting of activity on another solar system body. This has been a heart-stopper, and surely one of our most thrilling results. Carolyn Porco
While I was there, Voyager flew by Saturn. I got involved with a person who was a member of the imaging team and started working on data from Saturn. With all that data coming in, the imaging team didn’t have enough hands or scientists to work on all of it. Carolyn Porco
Nothing will ever be what the Voyager mission was. Carolyn Porco
It’s been an adventure just getting out to Saturn, .. Saturn is such an alluring photographic target. It’s a joy, really, to be able to take our images and composite them in an artful way, which is one of my cardinal working goals. It’s about poetry and beauty and science all mixed together. Carolyn Porco
Saturn is the most photogenic planet in the solar system. Carolyn Porco
We had convinced ourselves that conditions wouldn’t be right for seeing spokes on the lit side of the rings until about 2007, … But this finding seems to be telling us that conditions on the dark side of the rings are almost as good right now for seeing spokes. Carolyn Porco
The quest for the truth, in and of itself, Is a story that’s filled with insights. Carolyn Porco