Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

It's a nifty month for planetary astronomy! We had Mars at its closest point to Earth in quite some time (my entry for "understatement of the year"), and now Saturn is at its best angle for viewing the rings in years.



Here we have Saturn viewed first in the ultraviolet spectrum, then in visible light, and finally in the infrared. Wow. I don't care how much money it costs. I hope they either figure out a way to keep Hubble operating, or replace it with something even better.

(Link via Aaron, the motorcycling would-be astronomer/blues musician.)