thespis2717      

05-19-2012  17:59:11

Twice, and both times on Enceladus, I hit my golf-ball into an orbit where it came back to hit me - once on the legs and once on the back! After I figured it out, I almost his a hole-in-one!

Judit      

05-07-2012  12:36:20

OK I figured it out. I'd like to file a complaint! I was aiming away merrily on Hyperion, when all of a sudden (well, quite slowly actually but that doesn't sound dramatic enough) Saturn glided into view, rings ahead, and the beautiful sight distracted me so much that I, jaw dropped, hit the ball so hard that I'm afraid it's gonna break something on New Horizons.

I love the Superman-like way the golfer leaves a moon :)

Judit      

05-07-2012  12:19:38

No idea what I'm doing, but it's fun! :)

thespis2717      

05-15-2012  00:17:39

I must say that the Cassini images of Saturn's total solar eclipse are some of the most beautiful spectacles I've ever seen. It is truly awe-inspiring, and the team who looks over these missions deserves a standing ovation that lasts so long they become annoyed with the sound of applause. Tremendous work!

GorT>      

05-11-2012  09:54:24

Carolyn, I'm deeply enamored by ring geology...It can't just be all ice and dust. There has to be some remnants of precious metals in there. Maybe a form of fuel, if we ever travel out to Sextor six...Maybe you could pilot Cassini through the ring...I'm sure you'de probably have to change your orbit, to more of a North-South heading...

GorT>      

05-11-2012  09:53:33

Carolyn, I'm deeply enamored by ring geology...It can't just be all ice and dust. There has to be some remnants of precious metals in there. Maybe a form of fuel, if we ever travel out to Sextor six...Maybe you could pilot Cassini through the ring...I'm sure you'de probably have to change your orbit, to more of a North-South heading...

GorT>      

05-11-2012  09:52:57

Carolyn, I'm deeply enamored by ring geology...It can't just be all ice and dust. There has to be some remnants of precious metals in there. Maybe a form of fuel, if we ever travel out to Sextor six...Maybe you could pilot Cassini through the ring...I'm sure you'de probably have to change your orbit, to more of a North-South heading...

sunspot51      

05-07-2012  18:28:10

Can someone give me an idea of the approx ratio of ice to non-ice in Saturn's rings. An overall estimate would do. Or maybe point me to a solid source of that information.

Thanks!!
Paul Maxson
sunspot51@cox.net

Judit      

05-14-2012  13:53:40

I notice this was taken a year ago. Makes me wonder, how many images does Cassini transmit a day? Is each and every one of them cataloged, analyzed, and captioned before release? Or do some of them get discarded due to bad quality or any other reason?

I like this one (well, all the ring images, in fact) very much. I'm absolutely in love with the rings and I'm trying to find out as much as possible about them. As much as I can comprehend, that is... :) What does it take, besides experience, obviously, to tell what a gap or wave or any disturbance in a pattern may indicate? It blows my mind every time I look at an image like this, that there are people who can even guess how those tiny ripples came to be. For now I'm happy if I can tell the rings apart :)

niterider460      

05-12-2012  14:38:33

awesome

Judit      

05-07-2012  13:08:16

Aw, no more Enceladus for a while :-( Can't wait for the May 22 Titan flyby though! Thanks for sharing these images. They are beautiful and breathtakingly detailed. To think how close the spacecraft was to these bodies, and to think how far it is from us... Mind-boggling!

NeKto      

05-07-2012  08:41:49

i also find that scale makes a difference. i only have this problem with high resolution images. the greater the actual area the image covers, the less likely i am to see the craters "inverted."