Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents Options

[volcanopele]

Close up images are now up at http://ciclops.org/view_event/88/Skeet_Sho..._Enceladus?js=1

[Stu]

I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous...

Those are absolutely STUNNING...

Any CASSINI guys reading this... you are AWESOME. Many, many congratulations on those breathtaking images. Classics within moments of them being released.

[Bjorn Jonsson]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Assuming the pointing is accurate: Big congratulations to everyone involved.

This is beautiful - the images look sharp despite the fast relative Cassini-Enceladus motion. There's even some detail visible in the shadowed areas.

Again: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elakdawalla]

Awesome!

I just updated my page. Skeet shoot 1, 3, and 4 are interestingly chosen -- they can be mosaicked.
http://planetary.org/data/cassini/enceladus_080_raw.html

--E

[belleraphon1]

To me SKEET#7 looked at first glance as if there was some wispy plume activity, but I think it is actually just smooth icy terrain giving an illusion of plumes.

I am absolutely AGOG!!! I do not see any blurring..... incredible job.

THANKS CASSINI TEAM for getting these out to us so quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ugordan]

Outstanding imagery and crystal clear, no sign of motion smear! Congrats to all involved!

Here's the actual highest resolution footprint context:


What a way to really kick off the extended mission!

[JTN]

Fine texturing on inner surface of ridges (e.g., #7) reminiscent of Europa (e.g., PIA00849), at least to me. Probably no big surprise.

[EDIT: Scale looks to be about the same, too.]

Thanks so much for putting these up.

[Bjorn Jonsson]

After a quick look at the images the pointing seems very accurate at least for the last one - I was too excited to check for this when I first saw the images. Again, congratulations.

[mhoward]

Those are absolutely insane. Never seen anything quite like it.

[elakdawalla]

Mosaic of skeet shoot 3 & 4, with Cairo Sulcus across the center and an unnamed fracture in upper left corner. I couldn't make skeet shoot 1 match -- maybe the geometry shifted enough that it's not just a matter of shrinking and tiling it in?

--Emily

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[Bjorn Jonsson]

The last skeet shoot frame looks somewhat similar Europa, especially the big fracture near top. For example, take a look at this Europan fracture:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00589

[volcanopele]

Awesome!

I just updated my page. Skeet shoot 1, 3, and 4 are interestingly chosen -- they can be mosaicked.

shhh, don't say that!

[Stu]

Good thing CASSINI didn't get any closer... remember what happened to the Millenium Falcon...

[ugordan]

My attempt at a 1, 3, 4 quickish mosaic before calling it a day:

[jmknapp]

Here's a comparison of predicted (NAIF data) vs. actual pointing for SS #7:

actual:



predicted:



Looks shifted a bit. I used Steve Albers' map for the predicted image. It'd be really interesting if they see differences in the surface from the earlier shots.