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Hubble spots dark spot on Uranus (picture)
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| 10/4/06
Posted on 10/06/2006 4:36:43 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Hubble spots dark spot on Uranus
Updated Wed. Oct. 4 2006 4:27 PM ET
Brian Jackson , DiscoveryChannel.ca
The recently-troubled Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a giant swirling, dark vortex on Uranus.
Peering 3.2 billion km into space, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys snapped the photos on August 23. The dark spot indicates a massive storm on the alien planet's surface that is large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers report the spot measures 1,700 km by 3,000 km. The image is a composite of three cameras that comprise Hubble's main viewing device.
Hubble trouble
Since taking the image, Hubble's primary camera has experienced technical difficulties.
The three-channel camera shut down after losing power on Sept. 23. Since then, one of the three channels have been restored.
Telescope managers redirected power to get the Wide Field Channel to work again.
Power is unable to reach the other two channels. NASA is not sure why.
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: astronomy; moonsofuranus; ringarounduranus; uranus
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To: null and void
OK Why jelly? Peanut butter doesn't work very well. Or so I've been told.
To: Mr. Brightside
Where the Klingons roam...
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:02:49 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: CFC__VRWC
I was shocked, myself... figured I had to do what was obligatory.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:03:09 PM PDT
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thoughtomator
(Islam delenda est)
To: Larry Lucido; Cagey; MotleyGirl70
To: CFC__VRWC
Why should my tax money go to help Katie Couric try to boost her ratings at CBS? But that is probably the best picture of her we'll ever have.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:03:47 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(A systematic investigation of nature does not negotiate with crackpots.)
To: VadeRetro; PatrickHenry
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Emergency Deployment of the list is AUTHORIZED!
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10/06/2006 5:04:41 PM PDT
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longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: Mr. Brightside
Not another Foley thread!
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:13:55 PM PDT
by
Loyalist
(Social justice isn't; social studies aren't; social work doesn't.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Never use a telescope to do a colonoscopy.
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10/06/2006 5:14:45 PM PDT
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ironmaidenPR2717
(When we're indecisive, the wishes of others gain.)
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:14:51 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: Mr. Brightside
YAHOO!!!
Been a time since a decent Uranus thread here!
To keep the fun going - read tag and get busy with the Freepathon
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:16:55 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Monthly donor and proud of it! There is NO free lunch!)
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:18:06 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
To: Mr. Brightside
Hubble spots dark spot on Uranus
Colon cancer?
To: null and void
Two comments:
Please!! Stop the gaseous emissions!!
Hey, why is Hubble focused on Earth??? 8^)
To: sit-rep
could be a birthmark... Or a mole,
or even a gerbil...
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:20:16 PM PDT
by
null and void
("It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."--Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
To: Mr. Brightside
INSERT PROCTOLOGICAL JOKE
(*)
HERE
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:20:53 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Mr. Brightside
Here is a clearer photo......
"Arrec Ballwin"
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:21:36 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: longshadow
I think this is evidence of the long-rumored Face on Uranus.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:22:31 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Honest,
it was just a prank.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:23:04 PM PDT
by
norton
To: norton
I'm surprised they haven't found a crack yet.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:26:13 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
( ETERNITY - Smoking, or Non-smoking?)
To: Mr. Brightside
Uranus is overrated, as a whole.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:27:31 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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