The totally gnarly Emily from The Planetary Society weblog has the heads-up on the Next Great Saturn Image: the view from above. It’s not ready for prime time yet, but I give it about three days before it’s posted somewhere in full res and full color.
Expect to see it on my Top Ten Images of 2007.
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January 24th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Now I can’t wait to see that one. It looks very promising.
January 24th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Interesting that its only just now getting a shot at this. Given all the attention that’s been given to Titan, Enceladus and the other moons, its high time the ring system got some serious attention. Its kinda been hanging in limbo since those first unbelieveable shots we saw during Cassini’s insertion into Saturn orbit.
January 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I hadn’t realized there were no polar photographs of Saturn—it’s amazing how little we’ve seen so far!
January 24th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
anyone know if their are any timelapse shots/movie of saturn from cassini as it approached saturn after leaving earth or its last straight slingshot?
January 24th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Actually, the rings have gotten a lot of attention, if you know where to look. Some time ago, Phil posted a link to the Cassini Imaging public website, CICLOPS. Go there!
http://ciclops.org/index.php?flash=1&flash=1
January 24th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Nice image. Rings are spectacular. I wonder what’s involved with flinging Cassini into a polar orbit. I do know every Cassini orbit must resonate with Titan’s, it needs to get back there to get the next boost.
January 24th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Me want now
One advantage is that it appears it will need less trimming to become my wallpaper compared to the other Saturn images. Though it was well worth the minimal work involved as most of my friends who have seen my desktop have snaffled a copy for their desktops.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Speaking of Saturn… Last night I took the binoculars with my hand made wooden stick to balance the view, and started looking towards Saturn. Yesterday was the first time in my life when I saw the ring(s) around it.
January 25th, 2007 at 3:10 am
After hours of hard work (this is my first ever attempt at producing a colour mosaic of this size), here is Saturn in all its glory!
http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saturn2007ianregan6jl.jpg
There are still a few tweaks to be made, and I’ll be posting a final version at the weekend.
Enjoy!
Ian.
January 25th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Ian Regan Says:
January 25th, 2007 at 3:10 am
After hours of hard work (this is my first ever attempt at producing a colour mosaic of this size), here is Saturn in all its glory!
Thanks for posting your Saturn Image Remix Ian. I am glad that you put the (C)right on the lower right corner of the Jpeg. I shall respect your work. Of course NASA will post public domain soon. You beat them to the punch. Hey, lets get the tent packed for the lunar surface.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Whoa, NICE! I’ll send that to Emily if you want.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Awesome image Ian Regan, well done.
I have a vague memory of an old ‘Voyager’ photo taken behind the planet and from above or below that was somewhat similar. Think it was used in an old “National Geographic” (?) poster which had the solar system on the other side from back in the late 70’s ~ mid 80’s?