Saturn Photo

[Greg Bernhardt]

Nice photo of saturn!

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/162056main_PIA08329.jpg

 

[Annie]

Nice photo of saturn!

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/162056main_PIA08329.jpg

Does NOT look 'real.' Looks like some perfect photoshop. I know it's not, just in awe.

 

[glockmail]

NASA's one big Photoshop shop. They got y'all to believe we landed on the moon after all.

 

[Annie]

NASA's one big Photoshop shop. They got y'all to believe we landed on the moon after all.

WAIT! Who landed on the moon?

 

[glockmail]

WAIT! Who landed on the moon?

No one. It was shot in a studio, and the entire thing staged.

 

[Annie]

No one. It was shot in a studio, and the entire thing staged.

I should have known!

 

[glockmail]

I should have known!

Now that I've learned you right on that, let's work on that Testosterone thang...

 

[Annie]

Now that I've learned you right on that, let's work on that Testosterone thang...

Let me talk to you about messing around with a sandwhich generation female. Whoops, there's that word again!

 

[glockmail]

Let me talk to you about messing around with a sandwhich generation female. Whoops, there's that word again!

You spelt it diffint then, Teach!

 

[Annie]

You spelt it diffint then, Teach!

diffint? Hey!

 

[glockmail]

diffint? Hey!

Figgered as much. Must be a guv'mint deal.

 

[jib]

excellent photo

 

[Annie]

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/070301_saturn_images.html

The Cassini spacecraft has captured a fresh view of Saturn from high above the planet's gorgeous rings and also provided a stunning video of its travels through the ring plane.

The robotic probe has climbed to higher and higher inclinations over the past several months, providing looks at the planet and rings that scientists have eagerly awaited.

"Finally, here are the views that we've waited years for," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. "Sailing high above Saturn and seeing the rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking, it almost gives you vertigo."

The new photograph shows the rings from a 40-degree angle on high.

The video shows the rings as they appeared to Cassini while it sped from south to north, rapidly crossing the ring plane. When the rings are seen edge-on in the video, they disappear.

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