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By: When you’re one-in-a-million in China, there are 1300 people just like you :

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:21:27 +0000

[...] link to extraordinary photos of Saturn really puts your life in perspective. Infinitesimal doesn’t come close. Visiting China [...]

By: website

website — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:02:50 +0000

Unless you can convince people that space is an immediate threat, exploration of it will always sit on the backburner.

By: website

website — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:02:49 +0000

Unless you can convince people that space is an immediate threat, exploration of it will always sit on the backburner.

By: This Week in Science | The Latest Liberal Blogs

This Week in Science | The Latest Liberal Blogs — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:45:30 +0000

[...] you haven’t seen it yet, Phil posted a gorgeous pic of Saturn and linked to a much, much larger, glorious image of the ringed planet in [...]

By: This Week in Science | Second Reagan Revolution

This Week in Science | Second Reagan Revolution — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:33:30 +0000

[...] you haven’t seen it yet, Phil posted a gorgeous pic of Saturn at equinox and linked to a much, much larger, glorious image of the ringed [...]

By: coriolan

coriolan — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:32:39 +0000

A Blast from the Past – remember all the anti-Cassini hysteria regarding
the Plutonium that was allegedly a threat to everything that lived and breathed on Mother Earth?

http://www.lovearth.org/HISTORY.HTM

Had these folks succeeded, we would have never glimpsed the astonishing vistas of Saturn and his satellites that NASA and Cassini have provided.

By: Daily Right 9/23/09 « The Quantum Conservative

Daily Right 9/23/09 « The Quantum Conservative — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:43:07 +0000

[...] Daily Dose of Awesome: Behold, Saturn! Click to see the bigger image (which is frickin’ [...]

By: Carolyn Porco

Carolyn Porco — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:29 +0000

Phil and everyone: So glad you’re enjoying our Equinox images. They are incredibly beguiling, aren’t they? But one necessary correction, Phil. The streak does NOT imply that the impactor came in parallel to the rings. The streak is a streak in this image because of the spreading that occurs due to differential orbital motion. That is, the cloud subtended a range of orbital distances from Saturn. The inner portion then traveled around Saturn faster than the outer portion, and you end up with not only a streak but a tilted streak: ie, NOT parallel to the rings. And it is from the length and tilt of the streak, and knowledge of the orbital motions in this part of the rings, that we can tell the impact happened only a day or two earlier than this image was taken. You should ask us first before giving scientific interpretation to our images. It’s safer that way.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:16:38 +0000

Hello, desktop background!

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:24:29 +0000

For some reason this picture made me wonder up a question. Why do the rings form? I understand that they come from dust that either failed to form into a moon or as part of the planet… but why do they form in such uniform and extending bands from the equator of a given planet? Perhaps due to EM fields pushing them out between the poles? Any idea’s? Thanks! What an amazing picture.

By: bala

bala — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:26:05 +0000

The Full Size Image link seems broken when i click the link im getting details explaining Saturn equinoxes but not the image?

By: comatus

comatus — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:12:27 +0000

Chesley Bonestell was really, really good, wasn’t he?

By: Saturn Rising « The Peelarium

Saturn Rising « The Peelarium — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:09:08 +0000

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By: Nice

Nice — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:13:48 +0000

[...] is the picture of Saturn you were looking for. It’s [...]

By: Behold, Saturn! : Pursuing Holiness

Behold, Saturn! : Pursuing Holiness — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:37:34 +0000

[...] heavens declare the glory of God. Related Posts:The Heavens Declare The Glory Of GodThe Total Perspective VortexChallenger [...]

By: Grimmy

Grimmy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:09:41 +0000

When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him? (Psalm

“In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.” (Hebrews 1)

By: WJM

WJM — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:08:57 +0000

Sacred caca!

By: Behold, Saturn! « Buzzmunkeysmunkeycage Blog

Behold, Saturn! « Buzzmunkeysmunkeycage Blog — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:59:24 +0000

[...] Behold, Saturn! . //

By: Chanelle

Chanelle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:58:05 +0000

Took me 3 tries to get the page to load so I can even select which image size to view. Still haven’t gotten the big version to load. Apparantly the site must be a little busy right now.

By: Brian King

Brian King — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:53:18 +0000

Great imagery. Can even see the color changes near the pole.

By: Mark M

Mark M — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:19:30 +0000

Hi,
Great image. Thanks.
#6. Thanks for your comment. Made me think. I am 32 years old. I am crossing my fingers in the hope that I see a moon landing during my lifetime. Funny, if this was 1963, I wouldn’t have been 40 yet when it occurred.
Mark

By: Paul A'Barge

Paul A'Barge — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:16:29 +0000

Yawn

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Instapundit » Blog Archive » BEHOLD, Saturn!… — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:50:02 +0000

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By: John Weiss

John Weiss — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:33:23 +0000

davem:

That’s the F ring. It’s shepherded by Prometheus and Pandora, which also do a number of funky things to the ring. (It’s been amazing us since Voyager at least.) Search for “F ring” on the CICLOPS site and you should get a lot of amazing, weird images of that ring, plus some explanations as to how it gets like that.

By: Carolyn Porco in the NYT | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Carolyn Porco in the NYT | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:22:37 +0000

[...] of Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft imaging team leader Carolyn Porco is featured in a nice New York Times [...]