Nice shot of Rhea against Saturn taken on May 8 2010:
Great catch, Juramike!
Is it an RGB composition?
It was indeed. I was guessing it was a Cassini "Mother's Day" special, with Saturn, Queen of the Solar System, with her daughter Rhea.
Rhea behind the rings, May 11, 2010... I think the other satellite is in front of them.
Three-frame animation of Iapetus from May 7th, 9th, and May 12th observations (May 12th is RGB, May 9th was colorized to match):
False color zoom of Enceladus RGB = IR3, GRN, UV3. Lotsa wrinkly terrain, a couple narrow deepcrevasses superposed, and a splat crater with fresh white stuff.
(Note crater on left without the splat.)
What the...?
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawimagedetails/index.cfm?imageID=216821
EDIT: OK, now I've figured out why it looks so weird. Low phase angle plus relatively fresh uncratered terrain. We're seeing albedo differences as much as light/shadow differences. Still, it's very weird looking!
Yes, unusual. Islands of old terrane in a active spreading zone?
It is "RGB"...
The (temporary) jawdropper in this batch was the saturnshine/crescent Dione (N00153920).
--Bill
Does this 3D work for people? I can't tell if I'm really seeing 3D or if I am willing my brain to see it
Interesting that no one has mentioned this one...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/casJPGFullS60/N00154034.jpg
...Thanks for pointing it out, VP. The upper-haze ring on Titan is just amazing in this context!
Emily, I think I see 3D in your image, but it sure is subtle. Is the surface relief here perhaps a lot less than you'd expect from the albedo & illumination variances?
I think your eyes did not discern the solid surface of Enceladus in the foreground... or did they?
Unbelievable.
Oh wow. Me so likey:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawimagedetails/index.cfm?imageID=216997
An amazing series of image from Cassini.
What about this one
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawimagedetails/index.cfm?imageID=216991
Looking at that Titan image with the rings and Enceladus' surface in the foreground and then at the Enceladus geyser image, I noticed that the horizon on Enceladus pretty much matched up in each image.
So I guess that under the different cameras and lighting conditions, this combined image is what Cassini was heading towards.
wow! Cassini is building us a nice library for a virtual tour of the Saturn system.
Words fail me yet again!
Cassini, you're gonna make us go nuts if you keep this up much longer!
Approaching Enceladus - animation (forward/reverse)
Absolutely amazing images.
Just trying to interpret the plume jet images... although my brain tends to interpret the structure as being in the background, I guess the "lines" oriented towards the 8 o'clock position must be the shadow of Enceladus falling on the jets, so they're actually foreground features, not background, I think.
When oriented with the plume pointed downwards, I guess that means that the large plume jet on the right is all beyond the local horizon and illuminated all the way down to the horizon as seen from Cassini, the middle one straddles the limb so that only part of it is in shadow, while the source of the left-hand jet is in darkness, i.e. closer to Cassini than the limb, and it only becomes visible when it emerges into sunlight. Does everyone else interpret these in the same way?
I agree with your interpretation, ynyralmaen.
Multiple frame mosaic of Enceladus against the rings in high-phase glory:
Image composition from Astro0 is a masterpiece!
I made similar version without Cassini, different plumes color and reoriented south pole:
Thanks, folks.
Roll over and sigh, Stanley Kubrick.
Astro0, that's one of the most awe-inspiring vistas ever made...really makes you feel the majesty that surrounds our little robot. Thank you.
Cassini press http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifeatures/feature20100519/ on the Enceladus-Rings-Titan image.
...Enceladus put its craggy face forward, exhibiting some of the fractures and cratering that have made the Saturnian moon a favorite of both planetary scientists and outer-planet mission groupies...
Groupies? Do you think that they're talking about us?!
Groupies? If we're groupies then where's the free booze and raucous rock n roll party?!?!?!
Back at my place, Stu!
Phil
Now we're talking!
Stage dive?
This message was originally in a different thread - moderator
How is it that “I” am the one to start the thread on this flyby?
What am I seeing here?! I mean… the geysers, yes… what the hell are those straight line edges? artifacts?
This message was originally in a different thread - moderator
There is a long discussion of that image and others in the http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=335&view=findpost&p=159836 thread. [now in this thread - moderator]
Also, see http://planetary.org/blog/article/00002497/
My congrats to the planners and executors of this astounding series of images.. and of course the groupies who have shared...
New astropoem inspired by the stunning image we all love...
http://astropoetry.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/titan-rising
Stu, I too love that image - in fact I think it's the most spectacular single ISS frame Cassini has obtained - and I enjoyed your poem. However a couple of lines surprised me, the ones about there being no sign of the plumes. On my monitor I can see the brightest parts of two of the plumes, centre and left, in that image. They're faint, but they're there, and for me that is the icing on the cake as far as this image is concerned. It's a bit like the Earth and Moon in that iconic backlit Saturn mosaic or Phoenix under its parachute from HiRise - so nearly invisible that you really have to look carefully and yet there they are, almost against the odds. Wonderful.
Thanks Nigel, glad you liked it. I must admit I used a bit of artistic licence there, just to make it scan better; bit of a mouthful saying "Of the plumes... well, they're very faint but they're there if you look closely enough..."
As soon as I saw that classic image I knew what I wanted, but didn't have the skill to do it. Basically just enough colour on Titan to dismiss the thought "Pity it's only in black and white". So I went and asked for help, with the brief: preserve the original tone values, subtly colourise Titan and leave the rest unaltered. On seeing the first attempt I've suggested a couple of minor tweaks but even if it gets no better than this I'll be well pleased. Credit to Daniel Weir.
like this
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Ugordan - you're there! I thought you might have a go at colourising that image. What do you think of Daniel Weir's version?
Well, I was kind of out of the country when that image hit so wasn't able to play around with it
I'm a proponent of not oversaturating these images, but I'd increase saturation in that particular image. Not by much, just so the different colors of the blue haze and main orange haze layer stand out better. Also maybe making the empty space really black (removing the intentional detector bias) and adding a touch of brown to the rings. The F ring and any Enceladus plumes I'd leave white.
Go on, have a go! Things don't have to be done while an image is headline news - we're not dealing in ephemera here. The tweaks I've suggested to Daniel are in the direction of your proposals but less ambitious. Watch here for version 2 from him.
These posts were originally in the http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=335 but that thread is becoming too big and has evolved to encompass almost all Cassini-related imaging topics. It has therefore been split.
It's never too late to have one's prayers answered That is as magnificent as I knew it would be. I hope Emily picks it up, and in fact I think it deserves an APOD slot. I'll be off to a print shop at the next opportunity to order a top quality framed enlargement for my wall.
That's a bit too generous there, Nigel. Anyway, glad you like it.
Not at all too generous!
An image to behold indeed....
I reworked things a tad and used the Gordan color for Titan. I think the geysers would just remain white, no?
I got a very special birthday present this year. Thanks to NASA, especially the person on the Cassini team who planned the shot, to Gordan for his expert colouration, and of course to my daughter Elanor and wife Angela.
Whoa. You sure weren't kidding about framing that shot!
Awwwwww! What a great gift!
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