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By Kate on April 22, 2009 7:19 PM | 13 Comments

More very cool photos here.

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Western Canadian | April 22, 2009 8:11 PM | Reply

THAT, is something else.

Justthinkin | April 22, 2009 8:24 PM | Reply

It just doesn't get any better then these pics. Simply beautiful.

ron in kelowna | April 22, 2009 9:49 PM | Reply

The shots were taken from afar, yes, but still, why do the rings appear so smooth and defined ?? Not jagged and rough and irregular. Incredible !

If there were a bathtub big enough to fit Saturn in, the planet would float.

Saturn is basically one big atmosphere - as far as we know, there is no real surface to the planet. Its composition is nearly all H2. Man's fault.

ron in kelowna | April 22, 2009 9:52 PM | Reply

The rings were probably formed relatively recently - several thousand years ago - when two of Saturn's satellites crashed together. The ring systems of the other gas giants probably formed the same way, only much earlier, which is why they are mostly gone; most of their rings have fallen into their planet's atmosphere. In about 100,000,000 years, Saturn's rings will probably be gone, too. Man's fault.

ron in kelowna | April 22, 2009 10:00 PM | Reply

Another interesting property of Saturn is how it generates heat. As seen in the table below, the average temperature of Saturn is approximately -143C. However, due to the equation for thermal equilibrium, it should only be about -193C. Man's fault.

Canadian Sentinel | April 22, 2009 10:28 PM | Reply

Fascinating and beautiful.

Such optical wonders to stimulate the mind.

Aizlynne | April 23, 2009 12:02 AM | Reply

And if you look at Saturn through a telescope right now, it looks like a big cigar!

Eeyore | April 23, 2009 6:28 AM | Reply

At this point, we should have Vitruvius start up SDA Late Night Radio with Gustav Holst's "Saturn: Bringer of Old Age".

My favourite by far is Jupiter: Bringer of Jolity.

Joe | April 23, 2009 9:13 AM | Reply

What hath God wrought!

Warwick | April 23, 2009 9:34 AM | Reply

Amazing. Those NASA guys rock! They can even do cool stuff like this suffering under the Hanson handicap.

It's like scoring a touchdown in the superbowl after your own coach breaks your leg.

Anna Mac | April 23, 2009 1:40 PM | Reply

So beautiful and profound, they're hard to conceptualize.

Knight of Good Mr. Iron Man | April 23, 2009 8:40 PM | Reply

Well done.
New missions to Europa, Venus and the moon should be next...

Knight of Good Mr. Iron Man | April 23, 2009 10:36 PM | Reply

It would seem to me, hydrogen could be easily liberated from the methane rivers of Titan...

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