The science and imagery coming out of Cassini at Saturn is simply staggering and beautiful.

• First full panorama of Titan’s surface from the descending Huygens probe. (previous imagery here.)
• Enceladus and the Rings almost edge-on.
• Dione and the Rings.
• Enceladus and the Rings again.
• Titan’s Mysterious Red Spot.
• Wide angle shot of Saturn’s southern hemisphere.

Wow. Now that almost* makes the NASA-allocated tax dollars worth it, doesn’t it? More imagery from the Saturn Family on the Planetary Photojournal.

* “Almost,” because we haven’t gone back to the moon or landed on Mars yet. But we’ll get there.