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Posted: 2008-November-09 at 7:06am | IP Logged Quote Voyager

Recently Cassini made some close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus. It took some awesome pictures showing awesome details of this small moon.

These pictures are simply outstanding. When I first saw them, I had to collect my jaw back from the floor. Beside scientific meanig they provide us a huge amount of artistic power. I have to say that they're pretty inspiring.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/enceladus_up_close. html




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Posted: 2008-November-09 at 7:59am | IP Logged Quote Re(i)mbrandt

Hello, Maciej,

tank’s a lot for these breathtaking pictures. Looks very »surreal«. Mother
Nature is still the most taleted space-artist ever :-)


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Posted: 2008-November-09 at 8:33am | IP Logged Quote Voyager

indeed it is

I can't wait for New Horizons Pluto flyby in 2016 I'm sure it will provide us many awesome pictures


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Posted: 2008-November-09 at 2:24pm | IP Logged Quote JacaByte

New Horizons may or may not. When you're as far from the sun as Pluto is, the scare light conditions make it kind of difficult to get a good look at something as small as Pluto is. (well, in the grand scheme of things) I'm thinking we'll just see some dark, grainy pictures of something resembling a giant blue snow ball.
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I know the pictures never won't be that technically perfect as the Cassini's, actually every picture of Pluto will be great enough, even grainy and dark (and very mysterious)


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Posted: 2008-November-09 at 8:08pm | IP Logged Quote JacaByte

It depends on how you look at it.
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my god......
maybe i will make something new
great pictures, dzieki barzo
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