Posted on Nov 01, 2008 03:57:49 PM | Saturn News | 6 Comments
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Carolyn Porco
Cassini Imaging Team Leader
I'm very happy to report that we've just put one more major milestone in this remarkable adventure successfully behind us.
Another bold dip over the south pole of Enceladus and another skillful setup for imaging the moon 'on the fly' have brought us another bounty of positively glorious views of one of the most fabulous places in the solar system.
On this run, we have captured, by design, jet source regions we didn't catch the first time: sources VI (see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11134.html )
and VII ( see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11127.html ) on and near the Baghdad tiger stripe, and we repeated our imaging of II and III on Damascus. In all, we've now seen at very high resolution (tens of meters per pixel) sources I, II, III, V, VI, and VII. (See http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/?IDNumber=pia08385
for a map of these locales). And of course, as before, we note that the region of the active tiger stripes is finely-fractured throughout and littered with icy blocks.
Our next flyby of Enceladus, as you may know, is not for another year. The sun will be disappearing from the south pole throughout that time, so that by next year we will have a far dimmer view of a shrinking portion of the south polar terrain. So, take your fill of this fabulous place now, because it will be a very, very long time before you see it like this again.
Here are three more images we posted from yesterday's flyby:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11125.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11124.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11108.html
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On Nov 02, 2008 09:06:25 AM
Sphinx
wrote:
Hi!
How come that even now in 2008, NASA still give us black & white photos? Please, let's start a world wide collection and buy some decent gears for you guys!- 5 On Nov 03, 2008 04:37:18 AM krishna mv wrote:
The photo looks so perfect. The complexity of the ridges is shown simple. were there water flowing during pregistoric dates.Why it is named as "Baghdad...".does it have a connection with something ancient
- 4 On Nov 03, 2008 04:18:42 AM Juan wrote:
Hello, I think you guy's are so very lucky. Well, OK luck has nothing to do with what you do. You all have done such great work I command you for work you do in the name of Humanity.
I would like to know if NASA works hand in hand with the European community in these type of projects or dose NASA pick what projects that they want to share in.
Do you think that we'll ever have a World Federation NASA or is it better for NASA stand alone and why.
I know I'm off subject, but what do you expect from an uneducated dummy.- 3 On Nov 02, 2008 06:55:03 PM Juan Casero wrote:
Can someone please comment on the scale of this image (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia11124.html) taken of Enceladus? I can see some relief on the terrain *but* what scale are we talking about here? I mean it looks like series of ridges and valleys but how high or low are they? Are we talking on the scale of the grand canyon on earth or a different scale entirely? Also are these fissures the source of the ice geysers discovered a while back? Is this the place that spews icy material into some of Saturn's rings?
Thanks,
Juan- 2 On Nov 02, 2008 01:41:13 AM guest wrote:
hi to all crews and workers there in NASA especially the astronauts and cosmonauts. Good Day! I'm 13 years old and a girl from Philippines. I really wanted to be an astronaut so I'm trying hard to finish my studies and take up Engineering when I come up with college. I'm hoping that someday, I will be chosen as one of your workers there in NASA especially as one of the space missioners. More Power!
- 1 On Nov 02, 2008 11:00:07 AM James Bonner wrote:
Considering far greater people than I have died unable to even dream of the glorious information NASA provides on a daily basis, it could be a lifetime before I see a different image of enticing Enceladus and I still would not be worthy to complain.
Thank you all for being so professional and inspirational with what you do.
I shudder to think what possibilities may lay beneath the icy percolation of Enceladus. What an eager time to be alive.
Enceladus or Bust! - 5 On Nov 03, 2008 04:37:18 AM krishna mv wrote:
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