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NASA Releases New Cassini Pictures From Saturn
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Mercury is swift
Venus is beautiful
Earth is nurturing
Mars is violent
Jupiter is wise
Saturn is timeless
Uranus is an asshole
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
did you skip 4th grade, bro?
Be nice dude.
And screw that anyway. When I was a kid there was no Ceres, and Pluto was a planet! Damn haters.
FO-totality
Poet Centuriate
Ask and ye shall receive.
(unfortunately max res is 850x850, it seems It's not that much bigger, or even the same size, as the one you posted).
I get a weird feeling inside when I look at these images, idk it's hard to explain but when I look at them, and seeing a glimpse of the surface on Titan, those Saturn images and the ones of Mars we have now, it makes you wonder what else is out there in all those other galaxies.
Makes me fucking depressed that I'll never get to see much of space in my lifetime. Although what we are able to see now, I am grateful for.
Makes me fucking depressed that I'll never get to see much of space in my lifetime. Although what we are able to see now, I am grateful for.
King Mac of Furry Frog
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HolyBaikal
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Scary, in a similar way to how, when you zoom out in Google Earth, you feel like you're drifting away from earth. Or, when you go out into the ocean, you can feel like you're stuck in the middle of the ocean.
It's a dangerous and unwelcoming place there. We would need rather advanced equipment to survive there among all the cold and gasses.
On the bright side, Saturn does have a lot of valuable materials. The iron and helium and so forth. And, with the proper nanotechnology, it would become a resource, and livable. Of course, we would be likely using a space station and using it as a resource. Rather than turning it into a different kind of planet with more solids than gasses, heat, atmosphere, and other important elements for an earth-like environment.
Still, I have hope that we'll be able to do so someday. Especially if we can emulate and replicate and enhance the human mind. The "intelligent universe" is something I want to live to see.
It's a dangerous and unwelcoming place there. We would need rather advanced equipment to survive there among all the cold and gasses.
On the bright side, Saturn does have a lot of valuable materials. The iron and helium and so forth. And, with the proper nanotechnology, it would become a resource, and livable. Of course, we would be likely using a space station and using it as a resource. Rather than turning it into a different kind of planet with more solids than gasses, heat, atmosphere, and other important elements for an earth-like environment.
Still, I have hope that we'll be able to do so someday. Especially if we can emulate and replicate and enhance the human mind. The "intelligent universe" is something I want to live to see.
Sharkeisha
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Thank you, for contributing to the conversation.
Well Ceres was discovered before Pluto, and considered a planet before Pluto. Personally I'd rank them both as planets if it were up to me, along with Eris which is actually about the same size as Pluto, and possibly all the other current dwarf planets. The only reason Pluto was demoted was because the IAU knew they couldn't define the term 'planet' without accepting additional ones. They'd rather lose one than gain potentially dozens in the future.
Also interesting is that Pluto and its moon Charon, technically orbit each other. Their centre of gravity lies above Pluto's surface. So in a sense they could be considered binary dwarf planets, or binary planets.
PLUTO AIN'T SHIT! WE KICKED THAT BITCH OUT!
Sharkeisha
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oh yeah you totally changed space science with your comment.
WOW TELL ME MORE!!11
On second thought, maybe he shouldn't.
Now just imagine if you at the edge of the known universe, peering towards the centre of the Big Bang, and then turning around and looking out towards nothingness.
Chuckie
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Mind blown. I never learned about Ceres. I heard about it a few years ago, but I thought it was a 'recent' discovery.
What also surprises me is how outdated material is, used by schools. I learned Jupiter had about 11 moons. :/
Acrylic7
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yeah, this and the Ocean.
People always seem to not grasp the vastness and pure unfamiliarity of space. Shits bonkers.
I'm the opposite, it amazes me and I'm just sitting her in awe at how huge the universe is.
The sun is reallllllllllly bright. Think of it as always being day time out there.
It's a little planet, please.
Maninthemirror
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you should watch Europa Report then
Would it not have more to do with the reflection of light off the moons or the planet? I presume if you were in the shadow of the planet, say, that you'd be able to see stars again. But if a large enough moon or object reflecting sun light is in your field of view, it would drown out stars. Or am I totally wrong?
John Kowalski
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You simply cannot expose the camera for both the stars and the planets on the same exposure, because the planet is really, really bright, and the stars are really, really dim. Maybe a more recent camera could do the trick with enough range, but i have no idea what kind of camera or sensor (sensors?) the Cassini is using, but i can't be very good, considering its age.
Don't personally know how human eyes would behave in that situation, the planet has to be more than a handful of stops brighter than the stars.
Well yeah, it's because of the light reflected off of the astral bodies. The camera simply can't capture the very bright of the planet with the very dim of the stars in the same photo. The night side of the planet is probably dark enough to capture both of them.
All these worlds are yours. Except Titan. Attempt no landings there.
i know. It's Europa. Boo to you.
WeAreStarStuff
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So beautiful. I love looking at Saturn with my telescope.
I thought the same thing. Awesome movie that captures that feeling very well.
Moons Titan and Reha
Definitely one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen.
TheUsual
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Cassini just keeps leaving our jaws hanging. Beautiful images. It's just a shame that Huygens didn't last long, nor could return any meaningful images of it's own other than that muddy, rocky surface.
Whenever there's another probe on Titan, I would love to see it take a video of it raining methane, but that's apparently rare though.
Duane Cunningham
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did you skip 4th grade, bro?
So, about this picture...
When I was in school, like most of us, there were no dwarf planets, and Pluto was a planet. But now, Pluto has been demoted, and a few other things got promoted and/or discovered, so we actually have a few dwarf planets.
So what do kids actually learn now? All eight planets and all... (*googles*) ...five dwarf planets? Which evidently are: Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Haumea and Makemake?
This picture only shows three of those five (Eris is "2003UB"). Is this picture outdated, before Eris's name was official and before the other two got added? Or do kids learn NONE of the dwarf planets, only the now 8 planets?
I've always considered knowing the planets to be pretty standard required knowledge (and at least a bit about them, like Saturn has the rings, Jupiter has the birthmark, Mars is red, etc). Should we as adults know the dwarf planets too? Is it part of the "kit" for current grade school kids?
Same. It's just odd to think what is out there, so big and vast. I can't explain it, but it's like it's a shot from a movie that is made up, not based on real things.
Which planet is the shot of rocks and dirt from? It's weird to think a seperate planet that has probably never come into contact with anything to do with our planet has a similar looking set of materials, it is familiar yet totally unknown.
Now I'm scared.. Y2Kev, hold me D:
Here's to hoping Elite Dangerous, No Man's Sky, and Star Citizen provide that magical feeling I've been waiting generations to finally feel.
Spanx McFranks
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Absolutely beautiful photos. I wish I could visit another planet so bad.
We are probably looking at some moons right now, we just cant see them because they are the small Shepard moons that live near saturn's rings
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