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How about Moby Dick (bonus anaglyph 3D version)
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Mimas isn't the Death Star... it's Pac-Man
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Saturn's rings model galaxy formation
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Freaking incredible images. +1 Burb point.
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Oxygen detected in atmosphere of Saturn's moon... Rhea.
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Cassini spots potential Ice Volcano on Titan
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5.6k Saturn Photographic Animation from Cassini Images
No CGI, all real images. An IMAX work in progress from the OutsideIn project. Quote:
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It's beautiful but I don't understand how the ring images can possibly be real. The rings are made of dust and rocks and boulders, right?
But the pass-though makes it look like a completely uniform haze with no solid stuff floating around. Would they even fly the spacecraft through the rings (for the reason stated above)?? Also at one point in the IMAX part the ring has a very unnatural looking termination that doesn't seem to match the light source. Like a hard-edged "cut" that doesn't seem to have any natural fade to it or matching component on the other side of the planet (you can see it in the image above). What am I missing? ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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You're not the only one. I'm confused by all the stuff you posted above too. Maybe they flew it right through one of the gaps between the rings - they must be fairly tight to form such ring structures.
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Cassini actually flew through the rings during it's orbital insertion (in one of the gaps). It has since crossed the plane a few times.
The Cassini imaging team even made their own movie of a 2007 ring plane crossing. Crossing isn't in a gap this time, but you still get a sense they're only a maximum of about 10 metres thick (often only dust sized), and see lots of moons on show. More details on the rings can be found here All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by curiousuburb : 2011-03-09 at 14:22. |
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Ring 'ripples' caused by comet
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After a final Earth-Moon selfie between the rings from one 1.4 Billion km, Cassini has begun Grand Finale manoeuvre... a series of 22 ring plane crossings and decreasing orbits before kamikaze impact into Saturn on September 15
image link/details Grand Finale fact sheet Final pass of Titan went the other day and first ring plane crossing between the rings and Saturn successfully accomplished mid week. So much science... so many awesome images... sad to think there's so little time left Go Cassini! All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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I forget where I read this, but during these final flybys Cassini is so close to Saturn and going so fast that it's impossible for it to get a color photo (!). Apparently the 20-year-old kit has to switch between its Red, Green and Blue filters for us to create a final combined color photo, and it's going too fast to focus on one point long enough. Thought that was a neat bit of info.
Imagine the photos we'll be getting from Europa in a decade even with the cellphone camera tech we have now. Amazing. So it goes. |
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In the latest news, one week left for Cassini to live...
Old School Posters mark the date Groovy animations imagine the journey With sadness we celebrate the final kamikaze dive and breakup Today/Tonight, Sept. 9 -- Cassini will make the last of 22 passes between Saturn itself and its rings -- closest approach is 1,044 miles (1,680 kilometers) above the clouds tops. Still remaining are final close approaches to its most celebrated targets... its mightiest and most mysterious of moons... Titan (shrouded with Methane-rich atmosphere) and Enceladus (home to geysers laden with life's precursors) Come Sept. 15 and Cassini will plunge into Saturn in an act of planetary protection strangely reminiscent of the mythological God consuming its own children But the Science will live on All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Raise a glass, shed a tear, etc... today is Cassini's swan song and kamikaze dive into Saturn's atmosphere.
Download the "Saturn through the eyes of Cassini" e-Book here Watch the NASA "Previews Mission End" Pre-Finale Press Conference on YouTube here Read about the details, "By the Numbers" And for those who want to watch the Finale itself in 3 and a half hours from now, see here All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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One hour and counting... Thanks for the memories Cassini 🚀🛰
Live coverage about to start on NASA TV Public channel |
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LOS about 30 minutes from now...
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