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 Dec 22 2005, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE (Jyril @ Dec 22 2005, 10:04 PM) The latest batch of Cassini images released just a moment ago includes a couple of painfully beautiful images (see latest Photojournal images; full resolution images are not yet available for some reason).  Awesome! A whole s*itload of new releases just as I was starting to wonder what happened to our Xmas presents!  Also a nice writeup on the CICLOPS homepage. Hey, Ted, remember this one? 
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Dec 22 2005, 09:41 PM
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See Volcanopele's new thread.
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Dec 23 2005, 02:40 AM
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Emily, I'd like to suggest including the artist's representations of the proposed CEV/LSAM combination that, if it gets funded, will take humans back tot he Moon within the next dozen or so years.
They're available at the nasa.gov website somewhere, I'm sure. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Dec 23 2005, 11:11 PM
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This list of mine is heavily biased given the fact that I'm (even) more interested in Cassini-Huygens than e.g. MER:
* At least two images from Huygens, one during descent showing 'lakebeds', 'channels' etc. and then a post-landing image, preferably in color (the post-landing image is the image of the year IMO) * The Enceladus plumes * Hyperion hi-res global mosaic showing its weird appearance * Images of Iapetus showing the equatorial ridge from the flyby a year ago - assuming these didn't appear as part of a collection of 2004 images. Also maybe images of Iapetus in Saturnshine * The famous global image of Dione with Saturn and the ring shadows on its globe in the background. * One of the images of Saturn's rings showing the opposition highlight (maybe this one: http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=1187 ) * Maybe this one of Rhea behind Dione: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=51392 * Some of the beautiful Cassini images like this one: http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=1112 (there are many more) * An image of Itokawa showing Haybusa's shadow on the asteroid * A hi-res global image of Itokawa * A DI image showing the impact - the one where the bright plume is visible with its shadow also visible on the comet's surface * Possibly a global image from Messenger's Earth flyby |
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Dec 24 2005, 12:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
There have been so many wonderful images this year; how do you pick even a few? I'll go along with Bjorn's and "all of the above".
I think the most evocative class of images are those which show a Saturnian satellite against a background of Saturn or Rings instead of black space. This composition has a three-dimensional quality that none other have. --Bill -------------------- |
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Dec 24 2005, 02:38 AM
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One of my picks of the year was a recent Cassini release that is simple and subtle in its beauty --
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07654 |
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Dec 24 2005, 03:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Emily,
All the above, especially mars (eg summit pan), saturns moons and temple 1. Its been a planetary bonanza of a year unlike any other. your choice is tough The Enceledus Plume: both for beauty and far reaching science implications Titan's channels and lake for a mind blowing new vista some new ones I dont see above: Cosmic Mountains of Creation http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/relea...c2005-14c.shtml Star Forming Region NGC 1333 http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2005-24a_medium.jpg Cassopia A http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/relea...c2005-14c.shtml http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/casa/ ken |
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Dec 24 2005, 04:36 AM
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MGS/MOC keeps cranking out images; I guess one of our favorites from 2005 is the cPROTO mosaic of Chasma Boreale:
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/0...eale/index.html -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Dec 24 2005, 05:08 PM
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QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Dec 23 2005, 08:36 PM) MGS/MOC keeps cranking out images; I guess one of our favorites from 2005 is the cPROTO mosaic of Chasma Boreale: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/0...eale/index.html Wow, thanks for the suggestion, Mike. That is a gorgeous picture. It is always hard to select images from the "workhorses" like MGS and Odyssey -- like you say they just crank and crank until I begin to take them for granted. Do you have any other particular favorites for the year? --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Dec 24 2005, 08:05 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 24 2005, 09:08 AM) Do you have any other particular favorites for the year? MOC images Mars Odyssey: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/05/19/ Outcrops in East Candor: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/05/30/ MOC's 200,000th image: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/06/03/ -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Dec 26 2005, 06:16 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
What's a good Opportunity image for 2005? So far all I've got is several from Spirit.
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Dec 26 2005, 06:56 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 26 2005, 07:16 PM) What's a good Opportunity image for 2005? The iron meteorite ? Heatshield pieces ? -------------------- PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h ;
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Dec 26 2005, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
My favorite Oppy image this year is the "Lookback" image from Sol 659. From the first Mogollon outcrop, looking back at the North Erebus dunefield across the plain to Endurance. This image is so evocative of the journey, and is courtesy of Nico and Dilo.
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Dec 26 2005, 07:18 PM
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Purgatory Dune?
  
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Dec 26 2005, 07:26 PM
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QUOTE (dot.dk @ Dec 26 2005, 10:18 PM) Purgatory Dune? AAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO NOT THAT ONE!!!!!
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