n3uka 06:39 PM 10-29-2009
Thought this might be of interest. Searched but didn't see it posted.
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Checking in with NASA's Cassini spacecraft, our current emissary to Saturn, some 1.5 billion kilometers (932 million miles) distant from Earth, we find it recently gathering images of the Saturnian system at equinox. During the equinox, the sunlight casts long shadows across Saturn's rings, highlighting previously known phenomena and revealing a few never-before seen images. Cassini continues to orbit Saturn, part of its extended Equinox Mission, funded through through September 2010. A proposal for a further extension is under consideration, one that would keep Cassini in orbit until 2017, ending with a spectacular series of orbits inside the rings followed by a suicide plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15, 2017.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...t_equinox.html
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DrDubzz 06:53 PM 10-29-2009
Chevy makes the equinox dude
n00b
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doctorcue 12:50 AM 10-30-2009
Wow, those images are spectacular! Thanks for the link.
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Stog-a-Boy 12:55 AM 10-30-2009
MedicCook 01:44 AM 10-30-2009
Originally Posted by RX2010:
Chevy makes the equinox dude
n00b
:-)
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Blueface 07:37 AM 10-30-2009
Dave, those are amazing shots.
I am so, so fascinated by our ability to send a device so far into space and have it send back those type of images.
Truly amazing technology.
Thanks for sharing.
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Resipsa 08:12 AM 10-30-2009
Very cool. For those with an iPhone, NASA has just released their
own app(free) that keeps you updated daily on all of their current and upcoming missions, it's pretty cool
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zonedar 08:49 AM 10-30-2009
shilala 09:03 AM 10-30-2009
Blueface 09:35 AM 10-30-2009
Originally Posted by Resipsa:
Very cool. For those with an iPhone, NASA has just released their
own app(free) that keeps you updated daily on all of their current and upcoming missions, it's pretty cool
Just downloaded it.
Great app.
Great shots.
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shilala 09:56 AM 10-30-2009
Originally Posted by Resipsa:
Very cool. For those with an iPhone, NASA has just released their
own app(free) that keeps you updated daily on all of their current and upcoming missions, it's pretty cool
Thanks for that, Vic.
:-)
You're quickly becoming my iphone guru of choice.
:-)
PocketUniverse is incredible. Thanks for that one, too!!!
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gvarsity 03:06 PM 10-30-2009
Very cool pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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