Check this beautiful video footage of Saturn and Jupiter

Much as we marvel at the stunning photos that are coming back from the Cassini probe as it buzzes around Saturn and its moons, they are kind of ...static.

So Sander van den Berg downloaded a heap of the stills from the current Cassini mission (http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw) and much older footage from Voyager when it whipped past Jupiter, and assembled them into this short but wonderful video clip:




Outer Space from Sander van den Berg on Vimeo.

Watch as a small moon almost dives through one of Saturn's rings, leaving a gravity wave behind (above - 48secs) and at 1:20, a pair of moons spin around, with the inner moon leaving a string of waves in the rings behind it.

And in motion, Jupiter's Red Spot simply comes alive as a swirling tempest of truly stunning proportions...

Look also for the backlit geysers spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus - our primary target as a possible home to lifeforms in the oceans maintained by the gravity from the massive planet and all the moons constantly massaging away under its ice crust.

You'll also see quite a few little white streaks - cosmic rays leaving their marks on the individual frames.

It's all set off nicely to some suitably grand music called That Home, by The Cinematic Orchestra.

And if you want to see the latest pictures from Cassini almost as soon as the scientists themselves get them, follow mission leader @carolynporco on Twitter.