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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 01:44 PM
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Saturn moons

Serene blue hues highlight this view of Saturn's northern hemisphere from the Cassini spacecraft. The image has been adjusted to approximate the natural blue color of visible sunlight scattered by the gas giant's upper atmosphere. Saturn's famous rings cast the dark shadows stretching across the frame with infamous cratered moon Mimas lurking at the lower left.

Cassini Imaging Team/SSI/JPL/ESA/NASA


With its thick, distended atmosphere, Titan's orange globe shines softly, encircled by a thin halo of purple light-scattering haze. Images taken using blue, green and red spectral filters were used to create this enhanced-color view; the color images were combined with an ultraviolet view that makes the high-altitude, detached layer of haze visible.

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 01:49 PM
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1. Beautiful pictures!
I always enjoy the pictures you share with us. Magical!
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 01:54 PM
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2. k and r--thank you for posting these wonderful pics
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 02:03 PM
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3. Very cool. Thank you. nt
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 02:53 PM
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4. That top photo doesn't look real!
So cool!
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 03:39 PM
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5. Great photos
Edited on Mon Aug-02-10 03:39 PM by Cirque du So-What
I'm curious about one statement, however: the moon Mimas is 'infamous?' Moons got bad reputations?
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