Comments on: Stunning Saturn/Dione Photo

Stunning Saturn/Dione Photo

brownpau — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:40:31 -0800

Stunningly beautiful photo of Dione and Saturn with rings. Such a sensation of depth and grandeur. Thanks, Cassini/JPL/NASA. [animation] [planetary photojournal entry] [B/W mirror from kokogiak] [now you play fun Flash spaceship game].

By: eriko

eriko — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:41:58 -0800

There's all sorts of things I want to say. Most of them involve profanity. I'll just settle for "wow."

By: Mercaptan

Mercaptan — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:11:25 -0800

If there's one reason I'd like to live for another few hundred years, it's to see Saturn and Jupiter with my own eyes. I watched the BBC documentary The Planets, and the sequences where they simulated a fly-by of Jupiter with all of its storms roiling nearly brought tears to my eyes.

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:13:17 -0800

I love the perspective and depth on this next one as well.

By: fungible

fungible — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:19:50 -0800

I was personally intrigued by the giant loofah moon.

By: freebird

freebird — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:36:03 -0800

"Sometimes every once in while, it's so beautiful that I would say: I wouldn't have it any other way." Thanks for reminding me, at the ass end of a long week, that for all our stupid petty squabbling and rampant abuse of ourselves, each other, and our planet - we humans get up to some pretty fucking amazing stuff. It's worth some serious hassle and mess to build a civilization that can achieve things like this. Thanks - great post.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:47:59 -0800

Beautiful. Thanks. In other news: Europe's Venus mission delayed. Darn.

By: deafmute

deafmute — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:48:52 -0800

The shadows cast on Saturn by its own rings are utterly unbelievable.

By: Frisbee Girl

Frisbee Girl — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:27:01 -0800

Breathtaking. Thanks, brownpau!

By: uni verse

uni verse — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:37:26 -0800

The beauty and majesty of lifeless planets trumps our humble soul.

By: Songdog

Songdog — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 09:46:12 -0800

Magnificent. Staggeringly magnificent. It certainly gives you a sense of the crispness of vision in a vacuum--Dione looks like its photo was superimposed in front of Saturn's, but it's just that clear out there.

By: blendor

blendor — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:27:47 -0800

I use this widget, which updates when they post a new image to nasa's site. I just noticed this widget may do it as well. This pic has been my wallpaper for several days now, 'cause it's neat.

By: 3.2.3

3.2.3 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:10:08 -0800

space porn.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:26:47 -0800

It's fake. They shot it in Burbank. Really neat stuff.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:55:24 -0800

Most excellent. Thanks.

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:08:44 -0800

fungible clearly means the giant falafel moon, but that's neither here nor there. Fantastic photos.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:24:40 -0800

Fabulous!

By: ducksauce

ducksauce — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:49:02 -0800

Thanks for the link, blendor. I'm now enjoying that widget on my desktop -- it looks great beneath the doppler!

By: Todd Lokken

Todd Lokken — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:04:25 -0800

Absolutely amazing.