This is actual footage of an actual journey past Saturn’s moon. This really happened. maxistentialist: This sequence of 12 frames was taken over a span of about 45 minutes on March 12, 2008. In that brief time, Cassini covered almost 25,000 miles in its approach to a flyby encounter with Enceladus. The overexposure and smearing of the images gives a hint of the raw speed involved - 32,211 mph. Shortly after this sequence, at its closest, Casini approached within 32.3 miles of the surface of Enceladus. Humans are pretty cool.

This is actual footage of an actual journey past Saturn’s moon. This really happened.

maxistentialist:

This sequence of 12 frames was taken over a span of about 45 minutes on March 12, 2008. In that brief time, Cassini covered almost 25,000 miles in its approach to a flyby encounter with Enceladus. The overexposure and smearing of the images gives a hint of the raw speed involved - 32,211 mph. Shortly after this sequence, at its closest, Casini approached within 32.3 miles of the surface of Enceladus.

Humans are pretty cool.

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