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See Saturn's rings Tuesday night as it makes closest pass by Earth
upi ^ | 07/08/2019 | Brian Lada

Posted on 07/08/2019 9:11:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 07/08/2019 9:11:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


2 posted on 07/08/2019 9:14:11 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: BenLurkin
I took this photo from my backyard with my small cellphone camera last time Saturn made a close approach...




Related image

3 posted on 07/08/2019 9:19:03 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

That is some backyard- at least one need not mow the grass :)


4 posted on 07/08/2019 9:19:58 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: ETL

Great camera you got on that phone, dude.


5 posted on 07/08/2019 9:21:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Nailbiter
That is some backyard- at least one need not mow the grass

That's correct. I'm fortunate to have no vegetation whatsoever on my property.

6 posted on 07/08/2019 9:23:48 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s OK. Does what I need to do.


7 posted on 07/08/2019 9:24:46 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Damn that’s good. I took some pictures of Jupiter a couple of weeks ago when it was close, and while the planet looked fine, even the spot being visible, something was wrong with my camera because there were several white specks that kept showing up around it. Probably dead pixels, so maybe time for a new camera?


8 posted on 07/08/2019 9:25:22 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: ETL
Cool. Is that Ganymede you're living on or Callisto?
9 posted on 07/08/2019 9:34:15 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: BobL
Here's another I took on the shore of one of my several methane ponds...



Image result for titan moon

10 posted on 07/08/2019 9:34:25 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: jmacusa

Those are moons of Jupiter. I’m a long way from Jupiter.


11 posted on 07/08/2019 9:35:20 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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I stand corrected. You seem to know your way around that neighborhood better then me. So then are you living on Titan , Rhea, Mimas, or Dione, somewhere like that? Aside from the great view of the Big Guy there, it looks to be a pretty, ah... quiet place.
12 posted on 07/08/2019 9:43:07 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: ETL
I took this photo from my backyard with my small cellphone camera last time Saturn made a close approach...

You must not be on Sprint. You lose coverage more than a mile from an interstate, much less one billion miles from one.

13 posted on 07/08/2019 9:44:11 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
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To: jmacusa; KarlInOhio; BobL; BenLurkin
Here's a photo I took of where I used to live before getting an out-of-this-world great deal on the place I have now. Never thought I would miss the old place. But the loneliness here is driving me slowly insane.



Image result for earth from mars

14 posted on 07/08/2019 9:58:03 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Maybe slowly insane for you out there, but back on Earth here, Trump is driving virtually every liberal out their minds.


15 posted on 07/08/2019 10:06:21 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: BenLurkin

You can see Saturn’s rings and you can play them like a harp:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180424.html


16 posted on 07/08/2019 10:23:21 PM PDT by Henry Cavendish
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To: jmacusa

Well, it’s better than posting a picture of Uranus :)

...somebody had to....


17 posted on 07/08/2019 10:24:35 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: ETL

Do you get Netflix out there? Hows the internet connection? Must not be too bad. Appears you’re able to get on FR.


18 posted on 07/08/2019 10:26:04 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: jmacusa

What? I didn’t quite get that... The signal is breaking up.

And also, there is a significant time delay between where you are and here. So please excuse the slow responses.


19 posted on 07/08/2019 10:49:28 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Roger that. Moon base here.... we are attempting to trace your transmission ..now. Delta, Tango XRay... Zulu.. Foxtrot...


20 posted on 07/08/2019 11:06:54 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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