Popular Post toast Posted October 31, 2014 Popular Post #1 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) I have to say: WOW! Thats a pretty breathtaking view on Titan taken by good ol` CASSINI (one of my best friends out there): Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho This near-infrared, color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the sun glinting off of Titan's north polar seas. While Cassini has captured, separately, views of the polar seas (see PIA17470) and the sun glinting off of them (see PIA12481 and PIA18433) in the past, this is the first time both have been seen together in the same view. The sunglint, also called a specular reflection, is the bright area near the 11 o'clock position at upper left. This mirror-like reflection, known as the specular point, is in the south of Titan's largest sea, Kraken Mare, just north of an island archipelago separating two separate parts of the sea. Read more: http://www.jpl.nasa....php?id=pia18432 Edited October 31, 2014 by toast 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Terreur Posted October 31, 2014 #2 Share Posted October 31, 2014 "Kraken Mare"......can it get more awesome????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellapenella Posted October 31, 2014 #3 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I have to say: WOW! Thats a pretty breathtaking view on Titan taken by good ol` CASSINI (one of my best friends out there): Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho That's beautiful. This may sound strange ,I've seen the sun's rays also make that effect on dolphins when their at the shore line feeding.... They glow like fire when that happens and it's so beautiful, magical looking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted October 31, 2014 #4 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Cassini should be wearing a red cape and a big S. Edited October 31, 2014 by Merc14 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted October 31, 2014 #5 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Sunlight! Beaches! Oceans! Can hotels and gifts shops be far behind? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atuke Posted October 31, 2014 #6 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Chiluthu Chiluthu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted October 31, 2014 #7 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Sunlight! Beaches! Oceans! Can hotels and gifts shops be far behind? Don't forget the boardwalk and casinos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted November 1, 2014 #8 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Man, if you want a mystery then your thoughts can't wonder much further than this. This is truely a modern love affair with the unknown. Cassini has long been the translater between us and Saturn. (Sorry, I get a bit emotional when I see the actual alien worlds out there). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenRabbit Posted November 1, 2014 #9 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Seeing pictures like this is just amazing. We do live in great times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted November 1, 2014 #10 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Man, if you want a mystery then your thoughts can't wonder much further than this. This is truely a modern love affair with the unknown. Cassini has long been the translater between us and Saturn. (Sorry, I get a bit emotional when I see the actual alien worlds out there). Don't apologize! This is truly awe inspiring stuff. We live in an amazing time and the thing is, it is just ramping up. Tech is increasing at a blinding speed and space exploration is getting commercialized. Within teh next decade we will launch or open observatories that will change how we understand our universe. Hope I am around long enough to go Holy S! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentsinger Posted November 1, 2014 #11 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Chiluthu Chiluthu You mean Cthulhu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted November 1, 2014 #12 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Doesn't it look like there's vegetation or is that just the coloring? It seems to have a bit of ozone too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted November 3, 2014 #13 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Doesn't it look like there's vegetation or is that just the coloring? It seems to have a bit of ozone too... Titan is the only celestial body in our solar system that has an atmosphere alike Earth and lots of water/ice. Nasa is loosing too much time with Mars instead of trying Titan..i think this is the real deal! Edited November 3, 2014 by qxcontinuum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted November 3, 2014 #14 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Great pictures, can't wait to show my son when gets home from school... Thanks for posting Toast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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