Posted on 03/13/2016 7:34:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: If seen in the right light, Saturn glows like a neon sign. Although Saturn has comparatively little of the element neon, a composite image false-colored in three bands of infrared light highlights features of the giant ringed planet like a glowing sign. At the most blue band of the infrared light featured, false-colored blue in the above image, Saturn itself appears dark but Saturn's thin rings brightly reflect light from our Sun. Conversely, Saturn's B ring is so thick that little reflected light makes it through, creating a dark band between Saturn's A and C rings. At the most red band of the infrared, false-colored red above, Saturn emits a surprisingly detailed thermal glow, indicating planet-wide bands, huge hurricane-like storms, and a strange hexagon-shaped cloud system around the North Pole. In the middle infrared band, false-colored green, the sunlit side of Saturn's atmosphere reflects brightly. The above image was obtained in 2007 by the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting about 1.6 million kilometers out from Saturn.
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[Credit and Copyright: VIMS Team, U. Arizona, ESA, NASA]
Was watching NOVA on KODI last night about the Hubble Telescope. Seems like only yesterday we were guessing about the outer planets.
Now we know all about Uranus.
Oh wow. Groovy, Man.
I want a felt blacklight poster if this!
Ooooh Yeah. Then put on a Video tape of the “Wizard of Oz” on mute, and play “Dark Side of the Moon” at the same time.
LOL! :-)
(Or maybe a tape of “Gone With The Wind” coordinated with Frank Zappa’s “Apostrophe”? hehehe...I’m so wicked.)
The hexagon shape at the north poll is a button. It’s a giant grenade!!!
Dark Side of the Rainbow is cued up on the DVD/big screen and its a rainy sunday!
Well alrighty then!
(Can I come over? LOL!)
[singing] Oh Lord, stuck in KODI again...
I’ve often been a little amazed how NOVA has by and large kept its quality high and its subjects interesting — for the most part, ed-TV has become a science-free indoctrination zone.
The whole darned planet is a giant nipple!!!
And suddenly I’m a Saturn fan!!!
Great pic. My Dad worked on the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTRS, later renamed “LandSat”) when I was in my early teens. I remember him telling me about “false color” imaging. I had the hardest time understanding that — how in the world could color be “false”? Color is what we see and there’s nothing false about it. Several physics courses later and all became clear.
:’) Neat!
That was first noticed by the astronomer R.E. Ola.
LOL And confirmed by colleages Hugh Point and B.R. East.
Not this episode. Nothing about climatey changey in it.
Cool. I’ve always liked that show, hardly ever see it.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/misc/mummies.htm
Lot of good stuff on Youtube and reddit documentaries and KODI.
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