Waltz Around Saturn with this video showing highlights from Cassini's exploration of the giant planet, its magnificent rings, and fascinating family of moons.
(WARNING: this video may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy)
The video is dedicated to the memory of Margherita Hack, astrophysicist and popular science writer (2013)
She made me love the stars
music Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No.2: VI. Waltz 2 - Armonie Symphony Orchestra (thanks to Erica Alberti for suggestion)
image from Cassini--Huygens spacecraft mission to the Saturn system by NASA and European Space Agency
edit by Fabio Di Donato
This video shows a selection from more than 200.000 pictures taken by the Cassini Spacecraft around Saturn's Rings in a period between 2004 and 2012, published through the Planetary Data System between June 2005 and June 2013 - If you want to know more about the mission please visit saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
For an in-depth explanation of what you can see in this video please read this great article by Phil Plait slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/27/_around_saturn_a_time_lapse_video_made_from_cassini_images_of_the_ringed.html
And yes, at 2:10 you can watch the moon of Mimas where the large Herschel crater makes the moon look like the Death Star in the movie "Star Wars" by George Lucas
https://janus.astro.umd.edu/front/pages/links/Mimas1.html
An interview by Ben Richmond on the making of Around Saturn:
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/this-is-how-video-artist-fabio-di-donato-made-around-saturn
RAW images were processed to PNG thanks to the Vicar-to-PNG procedure provided by Jessica McKellar and Adam Fletcher: vimeo.com/41634392
Friday, July 19th 2013 @ 2:27 p.m. Earth will be captured in a photo taken by NASA's Cassini Mission to Saturn. This video partecipates to the #WaveAtSaturn and #DayEarthSmiled events
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/waveatsaturn/
Thanks to Miura Trabucco for constantly reviewing my works and always suggesting the right thing (and for the title :-)
Articles talking about this video (thank you! :)
universetoday.com/103587/waltz-around-saturn-with-this-beautiful-animation/
earthsky.org/space/video-ride-with-the-cassini-spacecraft-orbiting-saturn
lecosmographe.com/blog/superbe-video-mondes-de-saturne-cassini/#.UenayWTAXf1
universoyciencia.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/waltz-alrededor-de-saturno-con-esta-hermosa-animacion/
endandit.nl/science/200723046/vliegen-rond-saturnus-met-prachtige-beelden
uzaybilim.net/2013/07/saturnun-halkalar-arasndan-dunya.html
scienz1.blogspot.it/2013/07/su-dai-stanotte-ballare-con-saturno.html
blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/07/25/this-video-montage-of-saturns-rings-and-moons-is-simply-gorgeous/
smithsonianmag.com/video/Waltz-Around-Saturn.html
theverge.com/2013/7/25/4556684/around-saturn-movie-nasa-cassini-spacecraft-photos
gizmodo.com/thousands-of-images-of-saturn-make-for-one-amazing-stop-908972046
wired.jp/2013/07/28/cassini-around-saturn/
slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/27/_around_saturn_a_time_lapse_video_made_from_cassini_images_of_the_ringed.html
tested.com/science/space/456898-waltzing-around-saturns-rings-and-moons/
mashable.com/2013/07/25/saturn-stop-motion/
laboiteverte.fr/les-200-000-photographies-de-saturne-en-8-ans-par-cassini/
boingboing.net/2013/07/26/video-is-a-waltz-around-satu.html
kottke.org/13/07/waltz-around-saturn
io9.com/a-tour-of-the-saturnian-system-that-will-leave-you-brea-923840884
petapixel.com/2013/07/26/moving-footage-of-saturn-created-using-thousands-of-high-res-photos/
laughingsquid.com/around-saturn-moving-footage-of-saturns-moons-and-rings-set-to-a-dramatic-waltz/
heaven666.org/around-saturn-74236.php
devour.com/video/waltz-around-saturn/
imaging-resource.com/ee.php/news/2013/07/26/waltz-around-saturn-in-this-retro-sci-fi-style-video-made-from-cassini-phot
lifo.gr/team/lab/40230
news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57595984-1/fly-around-saturn-in-gorgeous-short-film/
heise.de/newsticker/meldung/NASA-Sonde-Cassini-Video-laedt-zum-Walzer-mit-dem-Saturn-1926094.html
washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/07/29/nprs-scott-simon-tweets-from-his-mothers-bedside-opens-a-window-on-grief-to-the-world/
huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/saturn-waltz-video-cassini-orbiter-shostakovich_n_3660401.html
This video is part of
- series of surreal & psychedelic dreams about earth, life, mankind, animals, space and cosmos
- voyages across past, present and future through timelapse & music sync
- collection of personal visions on nature, environment, love, modern trends, meaning & loss of it
Remix and edit by Fabio Di Donato
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