Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter |
Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter |
Aug 28 2008, 03:37 AM
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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/ |
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Sep 3 2008, 07:34 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
*&%#$@in' amazing, Gordan! You have no idea how many times I've premptively edited posts (or avoided making them altogether) to avoid the expletive-induced banhammer on account of your work. I did a preliminary overlay of your color product with my fake Saturn backdrop (derived from your WAC composite from the same flyby) and the western dark sliver of the mosaic from my attempt, and the alignment is decent. Mind if I post the hybrid in a few days?
That equatorial band looks prominent and very real in stretching this image. -------------------- ...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/ |
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