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Offline Uncle Mort

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Cassini at Saturn
« on: October 10, 2007, 01:16:50 PM »
For the past three years the space probe Cassini has been orbiting Saturn and sending back data and some of the most amazing images of the planet, it's rings and the moons. The pity is they hardly ever get seen in the mainstream press.

Go here and see the latest image of Iapetus for example.

Watch this and be inspired:

TED talks (Carolyn Porco)
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2007, 01:19:38 PM »
Have they sent a probe to Uranus yet?


Somebody had to ask
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2007, 01:25:02 PM »
 ::)

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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2007, 02:02:33 PM »
Hey Unc , did you get the Times on Sunday ? They had a great supplement with some good photos AND  dvd of the BBC Planets series. It included 4 whole programmes from the series 200mins long !! excellent.
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2007, 02:04:50 PM »
No! and as Wenchy would put it  sad24:
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2007, 10:34:24 AM »
cracking pic..



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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2007, 11:02:02 AM »
Quote from: Berek on October 20, 2007, 10:34:24 AM
cracking pic..






Looks a lot like Wenchy's honeycomb.
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2007, 11:48:57 AM »
Quote from: Berek on October 20, 2007, 10:34:24 AM
cracking pic..





Spectacular isn't it?

I suppose we will now have another rash of people spotting images of alien footprints, faces, vehicles, leisure centres etc.. ::)
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2007, 11:53:26 AM »
If you blow it up big enough I'm sure that's Elvis waving ~ look up at the top left corner.
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
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Re: Cassini at Saturn
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2007, 09:12:47 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on November 08, 2007, 09:02:45 PM




So much for 'advanced alien technology' they can't even get the rings on straight. ::)


More great pictures though Mort
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