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[Enceladus] What am I looking at?, Weird distortion here!
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post Nov 28 2010, 05:45 AM
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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=216998



What's going on here? The limb of Enceladus looks like it's all melted like wax! smile.gif

I'm going to hazard a guess at some kind of really strange image saturation from an over-bright Saturn maybe? If so, I've not seen that look so 'curvy' before.

The next image in the sequence is also strange: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=216997
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post Nov 28 2010, 10:16 PM
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That poses an interesting question, actually. VP, have you guys noticed any changes in the lens contaminants over time (locations, sizes, quantities, etc.?) Doubt that anyone's tracking that, of course, and such changes undoubtedly have occurred for a variety of reasons...but it's a fascinating thought that there just might be a particle or two of Enceladian material on there. wink.gif


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- EDG   [Enceladus] What am I looking at?   Nov 28 2010, 05:45 AM
- - tasp   I wonder if spacecraft motion combined with image ...   Nov 28 2010, 05:56 AM
- - volcanopele   Two possible explanations: Either "That's...   Nov 28 2010, 07:34 AM
- - ZLD   This looks like image bleed to me. The descriptio...   Nov 28 2010, 07:36 AM
|- - ugordan   It wasn't in need of calibration. The exposure...   Nov 28 2010, 12:21 PM
|- - dilo   Very simple explaination, indeed: CCD images suffe...   Nov 28 2010, 02:32 PM
- - EDG   OK, I suspected as much. I just thought it looked ...   Nov 28 2010, 06:51 PM
|- - dilo   You're right, EDG... you see diffraction image...   Nov 28 2010, 07:11 PM
- - volcanopele   Yep, those are the WAC equivalent of dust donuts. ...   Nov 28 2010, 07:10 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 28 2010, 08:10 P...   Nov 28 2010, 09:19 PM
- - EDG   I'm just surprised at how much dust is on the ...   Nov 28 2010, 09:45 PM
- - nprev   That poses an interesting question, actually. VP, ...   Nov 28 2010, 10:16 PM
- - TheAnt   More on the tiger stripe geysers.   Jul 29 2014, 02:34 PM

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