Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter |
Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter |
Aug 28 2008, 03:37 AM
Post
#1
|
|
SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
In the excitement leading up to the Iapetus flyby twelve days later, the 5000 km-range nontargeted Rhea encounter (49RH) recieved relatively little attention here. As we all know, Rhea is the most dynamic and thrilling of the worlds in orbit around Saturn, and I'm certain that the short shrift it's been given infuriates you all to the point of aneurysm. A combination of sucktastic downsampling on the raws page, smeared Saturnshine, and equatorial-ridge envy doomed this beautiful visit to oblivion. As I've had the pleasure of taking a day off to play with these (thanks Emily for that awesome Selected ISS Data page!) I'm proud/drunk to present The Forgotten Flyby.
-------------------- ...if you don't like my melody, i'll sing it in a major key, i'll sing it very happily. heavens! everybody's all aboard? let's take it back to that minor chord...
Exploitcorporations on Flickr (in progress) : https://www.flickr.com/photos/135024395@N07/ |
|
|
Aug 28 2008, 04:30 AM
Post
#2
|
||
SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
Possibly the highlight of the encounter, the huge 14-footprint mosaic and stereo views of the very prominent (and hopefully soon to be named) ray crater are truly astonishing. This may be one of the best observations of the PM, and nicely compliments the single frame of it accquired during the previous close pass in November 2005. Here's the eleven shots comprising the mosaic portion of this sequence. Keep in mind that limitations imposed by: a)software and : exploitcorporations' alcohol consumption results in distortions of perspective and position. I take no responsibility for you getting lost and your oxygen bottle running out.
ISS_049RH_HIGHRES001_PRIME -------------------- ...if you don't like my melody, i'll sing it in a major key, i'll sing it very happily. heavens! everybody's all aboard? let's take it back to that minor chord...
Exploitcorporations on Flickr (in progress) : https://www.flickr.com/photos/135024395@N07/ |
|
|
||
Aug 28 2008, 05:09 AM
Post
#3
|
|
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
...exploitcorporations' alcohol consumption... I don't know if it's ironic, hilarious, troubling, or deeply, deeply sad that I read the above at 10 pm in an at least slightly inebriated condition, after the consumption of three cocktails... I guess drinking and mosaicking is OK, EC, because this is great work. You've inspired me to get back to the updating and reformatting of my satellite pages. Workin' on Dione as I type. EDIT: Dione's done. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
|
|
|
Aug 28 2008, 05:52 AM
Post
#4
|
|
The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I don't know if it's ironic, hilarious, troubling, or deeply, deeply sad that I read the above at 10 pm in an at least slightly inebriated condition, after the consumption of three cocktails... After all the "technical hitches" during the UStream chat, I'm frankly amazed you limited yourself to just 3 drinks..!! ( It went very well though, eventually, another good show, well done. ) -------------------- |
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 26th September 2024 - 09:55 AM |
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |