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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Enceladus Looms
NASA ^ | Thursday, May 12, 2011 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 05/12/2011 8:04:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

[Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA] Explanation: A sunlit crescent of Saturn's moon Enceladus looms above the night side of Saturn in this dramatic image from the Cassini spacecraft. Captured on August 13, 2010 looking in a sunward direction during a flyby of the icy moon, the view also traces layers in the upper atmosphere of Saturn scattering sunlight along the planet's bright limb. Closer to the spacecraft than Saturn, Enceladus is a mere 60,000 kilometers from Cassini's camera. The south polar region of the 500 kilometer-diameter moon is illuminated, including plumes of water vapor and icy particles spraying above the long fissures in the moon's surface. The fissures have been dubbed tiger stripes. First discovered in Cassini images from 2005, the plumes are strong evidence that liquid water exists near the surface of surprisingly active Enceladus.

Enceladus Looms

(Excerpt) Read more at apod.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; awesomesauce; enceladus
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To: Bean Counter

I wholeheartedly agree!


21 posted on 05/12/2011 8:53:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: 21twelve; dfwright; goodnesswins

Welcome aboard!


22 posted on 05/12/2011 8:55:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

Put me on this ping list too, please. (Don’t wear yourself out).


23 posted on 05/12/2011 8:56:41 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: SunkenCiv

Aren’t there pictures which show some of the rings around Saturn interweaving with each other like serpents?


24 posted on 05/12/2011 8:58:38 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Awesome! You are reviving APOD? This is going to be a daily thread again?!?! WOOHOO! Sign me up!!!


25 posted on 05/12/2011 8:59:28 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

That looks beautiful! :)


26 posted on 05/12/2011 9:01:26 PM PDT by brytlea (If you don't know what APOD is you'd better find out!)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Welcome aboard!


27 posted on 05/12/2011 9:06:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: brytlea

Thanks! Try the link now, I fiddled some more:
· join or quit list · APOD Calendar 1995-present · Archive · post new APOD topic ·


28 posted on 05/12/2011 9:07:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: arrogantsob

The Voyager flyby spotted a twisted ring as well as some other unexpected oddities in the Saturnian system. I believe you’re right though — there was an APOD with a more recent pic of this. Try the archive link in the ping message.


29 posted on 05/12/2011 9:08:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

Think I saw this pic in one of the Star Trek movies.


30 posted on 05/12/2011 9:14:31 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (The last Democrat worth a damn was Stalin. He purged his whole Party.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wow, that’s so nice and easy to work! Even for me. ;)


31 posted on 05/12/2011 9:20:32 PM PDT by brytlea (If you don't know what APOD is you'd better find out!)
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To: SunkenCiv

“...how the ancient Assyrians regarded the planet Saturn as a god surrounded by a ring of serpents?”

Perhaps they had really active imaginations?


32 posted on 05/12/2011 9:28:53 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NOT FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: SunkenCiv

Sunk, sweetie, you left me off the list!

Satindoll


33 posted on 05/12/2011 9:30:24 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NOT FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thank you, SunkenCiv, I appreciate the APOD ping! Gorgeous pic!


34 posted on 05/12/2011 9:46:23 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping me please


35 posted on 05/12/2011 9:54:31 PM PDT by hattend (Obama is better than OJ... He found a killer while on the golf course.)
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To: SunkenCiv; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
And bigheadfred, I’m adding you just ‘coz I’m draggin’ you down with me.

Yeah, nice...I hope you like Cheetos...teehee...

Astronomy Domine

Lime and limpid green
A second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew
Floating down the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground
Jupiter and Saturn
Oberon
Miranda
and Titania
Neptune Titan
Stars can frighten
Blinding signs flap flicker flicker flicker
Blam
Pow
POW
Stairway scare Dan Dare,who's there?

(Hi Mom)

36 posted on 05/12/2011 9:54:52 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
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To: SunkenCiv

What’s this PC BS about Kilometers? We’re not British. Try converting kilometers to miles. It makes more sense to use miles for long distances. You know that you can drive a mile a minute (i.e. 5,000+ ft). How many kilometers can you travel in a minute, and who cares?

THe speed of light is in miles per year, not kilometers.


37 posted on 05/12/2011 10:13:19 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SunkenCiv

What’s this PC BS about Kilometers? We’re not British. Try converting kilometers to miles. It makes more sense to use miles for long distances. You know that you can drive a mile a minute (i.e. 5,000+ ft). How many kilometers can you travel in a minute, and who cares?

THe speed of light is in miles per year, not kilometers.


38 posted on 05/12/2011 10:13:25 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SatinDoll; SunkenCiv
“...how the ancient Assyrians regarded the planet Saturn as a god surrounded by a ring of serpents?”

Perhaps they had really active imaginations?

Good thing this isn't a religion thread, cause that be opening up a can of...worms.

39 posted on 05/12/2011 10:26:58 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
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To: SunkenCiv

please add ne to your APOD list, tia


40 posted on 05/13/2011 5:13:17 AM PDT by fnord (Republicans are just the right-wing of the left-wing of American politics)
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