Rev 144 - Jan 20-Feb 10, 2011 - Enceladus and Helene, Epimetheus, Calypso, Mimas too |
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Rev 144 - Jan 20-Feb 10, 2011 - Enceladus and Helene, Epimetheus, Calypso, Mimas too |
 Feb 1 2011, 06:16 PM
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Thanks Jason!
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Feb 1 2011, 06:16 PM
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QUOTE (Ian R @ Feb 1 2011, 05:35 PM)  Enceladus in IR-GRN-UV colour, illuminated by both Sol-shine and Saturn-shine: Absolutely beautiful. -------------------- |
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Feb 1 2011, 06:26 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
'Ello, 'Ello, 'Ello... what do we have here then?
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=232611 Is that Pan's backend hanging out of the rings? 
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Feb 1 2011, 07:05 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (Ian R @ Feb 1 2011, 06:26 PM) Is that Pan's backend hanging out... Ah, the romance of space exploration...  -------------------- |
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Feb 1 2011, 08:10 PM
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QUOTE (Ian R @ Feb 1 2011, 11:27 AM) Helene ... The brown 'swirls' are very redolent of similar features seen on Calypso, I seem to recall. And very interesting! Thanks. |
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Feb 1 2011, 08:47 PM
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Full Saturn night on Enceladus.
IR1-GRN-UV3 / stacked luminance
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Feb 1 2011, 08:50 PM
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QUOTE Is that Pan's backend hanging out of the rings? ? here just below the blue mouse pointer ? [attachment=23765:maybe.png] |
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Feb 1 2011, 09:17 PM
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QUOTE Is that Pan's backend hanging out of the rings? Seems like it could be Pan.
Cassini would be somewhere in the upper right quadrant at that time if so. Good find! -------------------- |
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Feb 1 2011, 09:54 PM
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QUOTE (Ian R @ Feb 1 2011, 08:27 AM) The brown 'swirls' are very redolent of similar features seen on Calypso, I seem to recall. I'm having way too much fun matching those swirls with the features seen last March: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...8/N00152241.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...8/N00152245.jpg -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Feb 2 2011, 11:17 AM
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Wonderful images Ian and ZLD!
Helene looks like if giant medusa (or alien's larvae?) is laying on it. -------------------- |
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Feb 2 2011, 01:01 PM
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Ugh. Why did you have to say larvae? I can't get that image out of my mind now...
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Feb 4 2011, 08:28 PM
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Here's a two-footprint mosaic of Enceladus from the recent flyby:
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Feb 4 2011, 11:35 PM
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WoW!
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Feb 6 2011, 10:34 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Here's the full, four-footprint mosaic (assembled with a fair amount of jiggery pokery):
http://flic.kr/p/9fEQHh -------------------- |
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Feb 6 2011, 10:41 PM
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Niiice!
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