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First Images from Titan
space.com ^ | January 14, 2005 | Huygens

Posted on 01/14/2005 1:00:41 PM PST by Nick Danger



TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agency; cassini; didnt; europian; fail; first; for; huygens; rocks; saturn; space; the; time; titan
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To: johniegrad

Nothing gets by you!


141 posted on 01/14/2005 10:06:00 PM PST by Valin (Sometimes you're the bug, and sometimes you're the windshield)
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To: Brilliant

You live on Titan! Man that's some commute you got.


142 posted on 01/14/2005 10:09:02 PM PST by Valin (Sometimes you're the bug, and sometimes you're the windshield)
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To: Nick Danger

Huygens update:

Probe Finds al Qaeda Training Camp...on Titan?
Posted on 01/14/2005 10:45:03 AM PST by GunnyBob
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1320921/posts


143 posted on 01/14/2005 10:41:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on January 13, 2005)
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To: johniegrad
Spoken like a true believer!

/just kidding :)

144 posted on 01/15/2005 12:24:57 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)
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To: Nick Danger

That's a great photo, Nick. So hard to believe that we've come this far.


145 posted on 01/15/2005 12:42:41 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)
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To: evets

That didn't take long.


146 posted on 01/15/2005 12:48:18 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Williams


"Is the surface frozen liquid, liquid or solid?"




Yes. :oP


147 posted on 01/15/2005 12:55:53 AM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: BigCinBigD

Both


148 posted on 01/15/2005 1:01:39 AM PST by alessandrofiaschi
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To: BigCinBigD

"Yes", seems the answer of Kerry when he should choose between two alternatives. ;-))


149 posted on 01/15/2005 1:03:25 AM PST by alessandrofiaschi
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To: Pyro7480
I know those look all washed out and featureless, but here's the bottom image from that strip with a "histogram stretch":

*Definitely* "rivers" draining to a sea of some sort.

150 posted on 01/15/2005 1:09:44 AM PST by Ichneumon
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To: Ichneumon

?!?! Good find Ichneumon!


151 posted on 01/15/2005 1:12:29 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)
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To: Ichneumon

Friggin' WOW!

I remember Sagan saying we might find oceans of hydrocarbons.

Too bad he missed this.


152 posted on 01/15/2005 1:13:18 AM PST by RandallFlagg (FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
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To: Ichneumon

Where did you find this photo, Ichneumon? I cannot find it on NASA's site.


153 posted on 01/15/2005 1:23:00 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)
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To: Ichneumon; Nick Danger
Found it! It's the top left photo:



Could those branches/streams also be cracks in a crusty surface?
154 posted on 01/15/2005 1:30:09 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)
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To: Nick Danger

Looking at the "rocks" photo again a second and much later time, the landscape looks like a seabed floor without the liquid. Amazing!


155 posted on 01/15/2005 3:50:53 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

I saw that one on a TZ marathon over New Years. The ending is one of my favorites!


156 posted on 01/15/2005 4:39:12 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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