New Iapetian image series |
New Iapetian image series |
Sep 11 2006, 09:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 28-September 05 From: Orion arm Member No.: 516 |
Hi,
CASSINI has transmitted 184 pics (!) over the last days. Here five takeouts, 3-4x enlargement: Date: 2009-09-06 Distance: 2.228.548 km Filters: CL1 and CL2 Date: 2009-09-08 Distance: 3.215.284 km Filters: P120 and GRN Date: 2009-09-08 Distance: 3.216.610 km Filters: P60 and GRN Date: 2009-09-09 Distance: 3.390.271km Filters: P60 and GRN Date: 2009-09-09 Distance: 3.427.313 km Filters: P120 and GRN Maybe somebody is able to combine some of those images to show more details. Bye. |
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Sep 30 2006, 05:35 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
That recent small sequence is really striking to me; Iapetus looks a lot like a CD or DVD!
In fact...is this significant or coincidental? It looks like the dark area subtends a suspiciously well-defined angular area in this view (90 deg of the total spherical area of Iapetus?), which in turn would seem to argue for external deposition from some source. In any case, the geometry of the dark area is remarkable. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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