I know I’m late. I got about 30 minutes of sleep last night and I had work at 12pm, so… sorry. But at least I got it in on Wednesday this time! 😛
Anyways… here’s a montage image of where Cassini crashed into Saturn. I’m putting it below the fold, as it’s an animated gif showing the exact spot…
Animated gif show the exact spot Cassini crashed into Saturn
You can always click on the image for the .tif download.
But that’s it… the site of Cassini’s grave.
For some sad humor, here’s a short article from the Onion. Cassini returns to NASA, exclaiming “you thought you could get rid of me?”.
Re the Onion: As the camera pulls away, we see the “support column” Cassini emerged from behind is actually a rather battered blue Police Box…
Don’t know whether you read Phil Plait’;s Bad Astronomy blog or not but they’ve also found an extra final image from Rosetta and have a great graphic of its final resting place here :
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-last-good-bye-again-from-rosetta
In case you’re interested?
Oh and now this :
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/one-last-look-at-saturn
Spectacularly splendid Saturn.