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Help Make A NASA Cassini Image Time Magazine’s Number One Photo of 2005

By Keith Cowing
December 18, 2005
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Help Make A NASA Cassini Image Time Magazine’s Number One Photo of 2005
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Editor’s note: If you go to this link on Time magazine’s website you can vote for the #1 image among Time’s Top Ten Editor’s Choice Images for 2005. So far, this image of Saturn is in first place with 28% of the votes. Please visit – and vote!

Editor’s update: a few hours after this note was posted the image jumped ahead by an additional 2 points. 24 hours later the image is now at 40%

Original image: “Speeding toward pale, icy Dione, Cassini’s view is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn in the distance. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn’s rings.”

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