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.
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I wholeheartedly agree!
Welcome aboard!
Put me on this ping list too, please. (Don’t wear yourself out).
Aren’t there pictures which show some of the rings around Saturn interweaving with each other like serpents?
Awesome! You are reviving APOD? This is going to be a daily thread again?!?! WOOHOO! Sign me up!!!
That looks beautiful! :)
Welcome aboard!
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.
Think I saw this pic in one of the Star Trek movies.
Wow, that’s so nice and easy to work! Even for me. ;)
“...how the ancient Assyrians regarded the planet Saturn as a god surrounded by a ring of serpents?”
Perhaps they had really active imaginations?
Sunk, sweetie, you left me off the list!
Satindoll
Thank you, SunkenCiv, I appreciate the APOD ping! Gorgeous pic!
Ping me please
Yeah, nice...I hope you like Cheetos...teehee...
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)
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.
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.
Perhaps they had really active imaginations?
Good thing this isn't a religion thread, cause that be opening up a can of...worms.
please add ne to your APOD list, tia
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