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rosborne979
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2005 07:14 am
satt_fs wrote:
Hyperion.
(I am afraid that this may cause a nightmare.)


Neat.

It doesn't look like a moon. It looks more like a large captured asteroid.
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littlek
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2005 07:17 pm
Holy cow! That looks like a magnified spore. Scary indeed.
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satt fs
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 03:22 pm
dione

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/moons/images/PIA07744-br500.jpg
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 03:43 pm
satt_fs wrote:
dione


Pretty.

Looks cold and dry.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 03:55 pm
you're right satt

I really wish I hadnt seen Hyperion that close. Whats the explanation of its strange structure? Looks like a giant wasp or hornet nest to me.
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satt fs
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 04:07 pm
Steve..
Yeah, it has very strange uneven structures: ridged terrains,
something like a submarine escarpment..
I have no idea about the genesis of those.
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 08:13 pm
ah, look at those rings - and their shadows! Dione is beautiful too, of course.
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patiodog
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 09:13 pm
Astronomy freaks me out. And that's right on top of us.

Astronomically speaking.












Heebie jeebies.
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 09:16 pm
More of a micro-man? .... wait, that doesn't sound right.
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AngeliqueEast
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 09:18 pm
Wow, beautiful!
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husker
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 09:20 pm
great picture
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 09:20 pm
I just finished a scifi novel in which the ice particles of the rings were living creatures which captured and disassembled asteroids/moons for food.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 09:57 pm
littlek wrote:
I just finished a scifi novel in which the ice particles of the rings were living creatures which captured and disassembled asteroids/moons for food.


Sounds familiar. What was the name?

By the way, the recent Sci-Fi movie called _Serenity_ is very good (if you like that sort a thing).
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2005 10:05 pm
By Ben Bova, called "Saturn", of course.

I do want to see Serenity. Hmm.... maybe when it gets tot he second run theater.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 30 Jul, 2006 09:22 pm
Never did see serenity....

News from Saturn....

NASA scientists have found dozens of methane lakes on the surface of Titan (one of Saturn's moons). These are the first lakes found anywhere else but on earth. Titan also has mountains, dunes and valleys.

Quote:
Titan has long been of interest to planetary scientists, who say it may resemble an early version of Earth. Scientists hope that studying Titan will help them understand how the planets formed and life began. Titan is believed to contain many of the elements that preceded life on Earth, including a thick atmosphere composed mainly of nitrogen and methane with traces of ammonia, argon and ethane. Bloomberg.com
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 30 Jul, 2006 09:27 pm
Saw this earlier. It just keeps getting better.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 30 Jul, 2006 09:33 pm
The lakes from JPL/NASA:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/moons/images/PIA08630-br500.jpg

More rings and moons
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/moons/images/PIA08225-br500.jpg

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/moons/images/PIA08219-br500.jpg

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA08171_modest.jpg

Titan (larger) and Epimetheus (smaller)
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/moons/images/IMG002131-br500.jpg
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 30 Jul, 2006 09:54 pm
Hey Edgar, didn't see you there until now. The cassini mission and the rovers missions are so much fun to keep up with and yet I have been remiss in reporting on Saturn and his environs.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 7 Oct, 2006 12:52 pm
Another stunner. Is it Titan? Europa? No! It's our own sweet Earth and the moon.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/rings/images/PIA08324-br500.jpg
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sat 7 Oct, 2006 01:24 pm
bm amazing pictures Smile
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