Solar System.
Saturn Moon Ballet
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Dec. 17, 2009
Clara, Sugar Plum Fairy, move aside. Saturn's moons give Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, 'The Nutcracker,' a graceful new spin in this video compiled from some 61 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
Transcript
Act 1 - Moon Jumble featuring Rhea, Janus, Mimas and Pandora
Act 2 - Moons in Motion featuring Tethys, Promethus and Pandora
Act 3 - Before a Veiled Rhea featuring Rhea and Mimas
Act 4 - Ring Shadows on Janus featuring Janus and sunlight passing through the Cassini Division in Saturn's rings
Act 5 - Catching Big Sister featuring Little moon Janus playing catch-up with big sister Rhea Images from the Cassini mission to Saturn, captured between Aug. 27 and Nov. 8, 2009
NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Act 2 - Moons in Motion featuring Tethys, Promethus and Pandora
Act 3 - Before a Veiled Rhea featuring Rhea and Mimas
Act 4 - Ring Shadows on Janus featuring Janus and sunlight passing through the Cassini Division in Saturn's rings
Act 5 - Catching Big Sister featuring Little moon Janus playing catch-up with big sister Rhea Images from the Cassini mission to Saturn, captured between Aug. 27 and Nov. 8, 2009
NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology