Enceladus October 31st, 2008 Encounter, More skeet shooting |
Enceladus October 31st, 2008 Encounter, More skeet shooting |
Nov 6 2008, 12:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1084 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Nov 15 2008, 04:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1630 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
And another quick map update where I better like the rendition between Mosul and Cashmere sulci...
Full res version at http://laps.noaa.gov/albers/sos/sos.html#ENCELADUS Steve |
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Nov 15 2008, 07:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 202 Joined: 9-September 08 Member No.: 4334 |
Those pictures are awesome ... fine tracery on the ice. What an interesting moon.
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Nov 17 2008, 09:10 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
Howdies, everyone!
Back again from the grave once more with a composite of the high-resolution imagery from both Revs eighty and ninety-one. The backdrop is a greyscale version of VP's orthographic mosaic from the August encounter.His mosaic of the four sharpest frames from the Halloween pass is incorporated as well for additional accuracy. I've excluded the two frames centered on the unnamed canyon to the north of Damascus Sulcus, and included the WAC frame from August that's misssing in Emily's map. Much thanks to both Emily and Jason for making this easy. Enjoy! PS: These have to be some of the best images in the history of planetary exploration...repeat kudos to the ISS team for another miracle. -------------------- ...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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Nov 17 2008, 09:16 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
I'd like to include (a) crop at full resolution for wallpapers and such. Even at reduced scale, the the boulder-y surface texture over this area comes out well with such broad coverage. Tops:
-------------------- ...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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Nov 17 2008, 09:17 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
Bottoms:
Ruh Roh. Not anymore. -------------------- ...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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Nov 17 2008, 09:23 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
Odds and ends...this is ridiculously inaccurate, but I'm sure the more talented among us can do something better (hint hint Don Davis )
Just for laughs, here's a real oblique view of the northern cratered terrain that seems to have been lost from the first close pass back in February '05. -------------------- ...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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Nov 17 2008, 03:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655 |
Magnificent stuff as ever!
Too long between your posts EC - missed your work. I agree regarding your comment that the Enceladus images are "some of the best images in the history of planetary exploration" The skeet-shoot process reminds me of the fabulously innovative way in which Voyager 2 carried out its close encounter with Miranda in order to compensate for a dicky scan platform, high encounter speed and low light-levels. |
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Nov 17 2008, 04:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
Any news as yet as to what Cassini sniffed in the plumes!?how come its taking so long ?
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Nov 17 2008, 06:06 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I don't expect to hear anything until December 15, at the Enceladus sessions at the AGU meeting.
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Nov 22 2008, 11:19 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
The images in my earlier posts have been modified, because they were terrible. The evil trolls of UMSF were using them to promote ideas contrary to the valid goals and purposes of this forum ( IE, accuracy), so I corrected them hastily. The Enceladalosians are pleased with the results, so we invite you once again to view the fantastic and fanciful images of The Cassini free from the vile influence of Strong Drink and Pilates. Enjoy. Responsibly.
-------------------- ...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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Nov 22 2008, 06:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 910 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Thanks EC--great work.
Nice article in the December Scientific American: The restless World of Enceladus by Carolyne Porco. The article has some nice images (as you would expect) and discussion about sources of heat. Carolyne also speaks of the possibility of life: "Enceladus not only has enough heat to drive surface-altering geological activity but also is endowed with organic compounds and possibly underground channels or even seas of liquid water. Energy, organics, liquid water: these are the three requisites for life as we know it. In our exploration of this alien and faraway place, we have come face to face with an environment potentially suitable for living organisms. It does not get much better than this." There is even a picture of Doug (in yellow) and EC (in red) in space suits hiking up to jets. -------------------- |
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Nov 23 2008, 12:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Enceladus article online. There goes Sunday
EDIT: there's a great 6 minute video, too. Strangely reminiscent of the 1970s Open University programmes, too, both in the production values (the audio.... the music!) and the quality of the content (excellent.) -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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Nov 23 2008, 04:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
Enceladus article online. There goes Sunday Excellent, many thanks for the heads-up! Saves me a trip to the library to read their copy. |
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Nov 25 2008, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Enceladus CHARM today:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/products/CHARM.cfm |
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