Cassini just did a fly-by of Enceladus's ice volcanoes. Raw images should be appearing here later today. You might also want to check out Emily Lakdawalla's blog. She does very good analysis (and helpful manipulation) of probe imagery.
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We're starting to get some processed images now. This is a stunning enhanced colour mosaic:
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Mmmmm... enchiladas.
Seriously, this is great. I've been space-mad for about five months, and following all this stuff every day. I do wish what we saw was a bit more interesting, but that's the thing, isn't it? Since Saturn's rings, we've never really found anything too crazy out there. Just the fact that we can see it is enough.
OK, I'm drunk, not going to attempt an astronomy-related post. Maybe tomorrow. Cheers for the pictures, though, I hadn't seen these yet.Comment
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I like this site a lot, because pretty colours and patterns are the things I like best.Comment
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Hello? Ice volcanoes? Colliding galaxies? The Eye of Sauron? Quasars? Black holes? Extra-solar planets?Since Saturn's rings, we've never really found anything too crazy out there.Comment
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Cool article in this week's New Scientist about potentially habitable planets in binary or multiple solar systems.Comment
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Ginger Yellow wrote:
Er, I think I was thinking of stuff within the solar system... or something... I can't be sure as I drank so much brandy last night I have no memory of making that post. Best ignored, probably.Hello? Ice volcanoes? Colliding galaxies? The Eye of Sauron? Quasars? Black holes? Extra-solar planets?Comment
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"In its own little way, my body was trying to say..."Comment
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Peter Jackson did do a good job eh.The Eye of Sauron?Comment
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Just a random Cassini image of Saturn to make GY get frothy:
From this blog, which I originally bookmarked for the music links.Comment
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The news about Titan are pretty exciting too Taylor, as things stand it's probably the most complex world in our solar system.Comment
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I think I see the Holy Mother in that first picture GY posted up there.Comment
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1890 wrote:
I'm a long-term Titan fan. The appeal of watching Saturn rise, blotting out half the sky, was what originally did it for me.The news about Titan are pretty exciting too Taylor, as things stand it's probably the most complex world in our solar system.Comment
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They say a view can add 50% to the price of a property.
You'd be fucked trying to grow carrots in your garden, mind.Comment
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Has anyone spotted in these pictures the faces of Jesus, The Virgin Mary, Michael Jackson or Bob Carolgees yet?Comment
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There is some recent stuff about Titan on space.com which is quite fascinating as well, centred on weather systems. That place is like our planet during its formative stages.Comment
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That picture evilc posted looks like mid-70's album cover.Comment
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Enceladus is so cool it's not true.Comment
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Is that track one of the aforementioned album?
(Cool pics too.)Comment
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