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Voyagers Legacy in Pictures

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-see dept.

tanveer1979 writes "Space.com has an interesting photo feature from the voyager craft. For the uninformed voyager is the most distant man made object. For the first time we are recieving photos of distant parts of the solar system. Currently voyager is about 12 light hours away. Wonder how far is that? Well Sun is 8 light minutes away from Earth. In case you are wondering what is this all about, check out the current location of voyager. The voyager spacecraft are about to cross heliopause, which is the limit of the rule of the sun, after which inter steller winds take over, and for the first time scientists can get the feel of what lies outside the solar system."

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  1. Lovely by ObviousGuy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here's a picture of Uranus.

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    1. Re:Lovely by Glytch · · Score: 1, Funny

      Okay, hands up everyone who checked to see if this was a goatse.cx redirect.

  2. Whatever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who the fuck put Photoshop on Voyager? And who would be up there to air brush the image?

    Yeesh.

    The picture is genuine. The universe is a beautiful place, not in any need of graphic artist interpretation.

  3. Re:Possessive / Plural by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Teaching grammar around here is like teaching a pig to dance: 1. It's a waste of time. 2. It irritates the pig.

  4. I don't mean to be pessimistic... by guttentag · · Score: 5, Funny
    but you do realize that someday Voyager is going to crash into a planet and obliterate an entire city of extraterrestrials.

    Years later we will cheer and gawk as NASA or the U.S. Air Force reports a fleet of unidentified space ships entering the atmosphere... until they pull out their laser blasters and photon torpedoes and come looking for revenge.

  5. Slashdotted.... by robpoe · · Score: 4, Funny
    We slashdotted NASA. OMG. I keep getting permission denied. Then a reload SLOWLY brings up the site.

    "ISS to Houston, come in please."

    "Houston, go ahead"

    "Will you fix the toilet up here? It's not flushing and theres shit all over the place."

    "ISS, we're trying, but 200,000 bloody people are trying to look @ pictures of Uranus right now. Will advise."

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