Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
Aug 3 2008, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 915 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Just 8 days until the next Enceladus encounter.
CICLOPS Rev 80 Looking Ahead will appear here soon. Cassini Enceladus 080EN Mission Description is here now. We get to fly through the south polar jets again. -Floyd [edit] Soon = somtime before encounter -------------------- |
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Aug 10 2008, 09:31 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know, I know, here I go again, laying on weepy, over-sentimental "Little House On The Prairie" feelings and emotions with a trowel, giving another robot tree-huggy feelings...
THROUGH THE PLUMES… What strange, warm-water wonderland will lie beneath me as I fly high overhead? Below me, rushing past – a snow-globe scene, a fractured, cratered wintry plain of gleaming ice as hard as stone, criss-crossed with groaning fissures that open and close like the bone- dry maws of some fearful buried beasts that feed on vacuum, and scream in pain each time they feel Great Saturn’s pull… Peering down upon the gravity-sculpted ground I’ll feel a million Terran eyes upon me, wondering what wonders I will see when I fly into bright sunlight once again: miles-high plumes of tinkling, twinkling vapour shining bright against the endless night of space? Racing through them might my face feel the gentle touch of Enceladean dust? Tomorrow I will know, and as snow falls softly on the moon below I watch it grow and grow and grow… © Stuart Atkinson 2008 -------------------- |
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Aug 10 2008, 10:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
[quote name='Stu' date='Aug 10 2008, 05:31 PM' post='123231']
I know, I know, here I go again, laying on weepy, over-sentimental "Little House On The Prairie" feelings and emotions with a trowel, giving another robot tree-huggy feelings... Stu.. you just keep on being weepy robot tree-huggy.... plenty a folks can quote the facts.... not many can give us the feel. Craig |
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