1 00:00:22,109 --> 00:00:18,750 you can see the aurora in certain 2 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:22,119 wavelengths even from earth Hubble sees 3 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:26,680 the ultraviolet aurora what what's new 4 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:29,080 is that we're up close with Cassini and 5 00:00:34,740 --> 00:00:31,930 that enables us to see details that 6 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:34,750 we've never seen before Cassini cameras 7 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:36,730 are using visible lights so this is the 8 00:00:45,690 --> 00:00:40,090 first time we've got really nice images 9 00:00:48,690 --> 00:00:45,700 in visible light I saw those those 10 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:48,700 Aurora's shimmering and changing with 11 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:53,530 time sort of flickering and I just I 12 00:00:59,729 --> 00:00:56,410 just liked the action so I thought it 13 00:01:02,130 --> 00:00:59,739 was beautiful we were always looking for 14 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:02,140 similarities between planets especially 15 00:01:08,130 --> 00:01:05,680 things that we can compare with earth in 16 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:08,140 fact the Aurora's on Saturn have a lot 17 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:11,850 of similarities to the Aurora's on earth 18 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:14,770 both on earth and on Saturn you have 19 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:17,970 charged particles from outer space 20 00:01:25,649 --> 00:01:20,560 crashing into the upper atmosphere and 21 00:01:28,590 --> 00:01:25,659 causing it to glow the magnetic field 22 00:01:31,859 --> 00:01:28,600 guides the particles into the high 23 00:01:33,630 --> 00:01:31,869 latitudes so there's Northern Lights and 24 00:01:36,149 --> 00:01:33,640 Southern Lights and they're both near 25 00:01:38,820 --> 00:01:36,159 the poles on earth and that's also true 26 00:01:41,609 --> 00:01:38,830 on Saturn it's near the poles that the 27 00:01:45,899 --> 00:01:41,619 magnetic field guides the particles into 28 00:01:50,630 --> 00:01:45,909 the atmosphere I'm a weatherman I like I 29 00:01:53,219 --> 00:01:50,640 like weather at all altitudes from 30 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:53,229 hurricanes near the ground to the 31 00:02:00,490 --> 00:01:56,960 weather of the top of the atmosphere 32 00:02:02,950 --> 00:02:00,500 the vacuum of space has weather changing