Cassini's Grand Finale

Digital artist Erik Wernquist created this animated short for none other than NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) about the spectacular ending of the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. It is meant as an inspirational and informative piece about what happens in the last months of the mission, and as a celebration of all that this historic spacecraft has achieved from its launch in 1997.  The world will be looking to the skies in wonder on September 15 when Cassini becomes part of Saturn.

Olympic Rings Adorn Tower Bridge

There is just a month to go now until the Olympic Games come to London. So, one of the major gateways in and out of the capital was today adorned with the Olympic rings.  As hundreds of thousands of Londoners plan to leave the city during the games this served as a reminder that time is running out to book those flights and train journeys,  I for one will spend as much time outside of London as is humanly possible even though I must admit that Tower Bridge looks pretty cool like this...

All images by Flickr User Joel Meadows1