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Incredible picture of Saturn that runs rings around all the others
The Daily Mail ^
| September 7, 2011
| Ted Thornhill
Posted on 09/07/2011 4:40:19 PM PDT by EveningStar
There have been some amazing photographs taken of Saturn over the years, but none quite like this.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; moons; planets; rings; saturn
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I do know how to hotlink pictures but it's a large picture, and more important, it's copyrighted.
To: KevinDavis
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:43:33 PM PDT
by
Empireoftheatom48
(Tag line under construction, please mind the gap!!)
To: EveningStar
That is very cool...thanks!
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:44:48 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: EveningStar
What is probably most surprising about Saturn is that it may be blue, like Neptune and that you can actually see earth with the visible eye, at least according to the photograph.
You’d think that Earth would be too small from that distance.
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:45:01 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:45:19 PM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Where's he getting these ideas? He's not smart enough to be that stupid all by himself.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:46:05 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: EveningStar
For some reason, pics such as this make me think they have been photo enhanced........
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:46:57 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(FREE YOUR BREASTS! FREE YOUR MIND!)
To: Paine in the Neck
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:47:15 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: EveningStar
It isn't a new image, but it
is spectacular. And since it is "copyrighted" by NASA, and we own NASA, here's the pict:
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:47:50 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
To: EveningStar
Way cool! Desktop material.
To: SunkenCiv
ping, before I become distracted ;-/
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:50:35 PM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
To: EveningStar
There is a standing hexagon in the clouds of Saturn's pole.
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:50:35 PM PDT
by
Eyes Unclouded
("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
To: EveningStar
This is the one that blows me away!
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:50:50 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Jonty30
You’d think that Earth would be too small from that distance.
You can see Saturn from Earth with the naked eye. Earth, though much smaller than Saturn, is much closer to the sun and, with a high albedo, is reflecting a lot more light into space per unit area than anything farther out in the solar system. We also don't know the length of exposure, either. So, it's possible that could be Earth in the photo.
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:51:33 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: EveningStar
Fantastic — I agree that people are better off going to the link.
Other amazing pics at that link as well
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posted on
09/07/2011 4:53:57 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(California: Making Texas more Conservative one voter at a time)
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To: aruanan
it’s understandable why you can see Saturn, because it’s so big, but to see earth the other way is surprising.
It’s like being an ant and seeing a human, but then being surprised being that ant on a human shoulder and still seeing his fellow ants.
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posted on
09/07/2011 5:01:52 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: EveningStar
“WHERE DID SATURN’S RINGS COME FROM?”
That’s where all of the lost airline luggage goes.
Courtesy, Jay Leno
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posted on
09/07/2011 5:05:41 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
To: Beowulf9
This is the one that blows me away! WOW - I've never seen that one before - just damn!
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posted on
09/07/2011 5:07:20 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
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