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Cassini Returns Photos of Hyperion
imipak writes "The Cassini Saturn probe has captured the previously unseen northern polar region of Saturn's moon Hyperion. Its weirdly eroded surface looks like nothing else in the solar system seen so far, demonstrating once again that when it comes to planetary exploration, "expect the unexpected" is more than just glib advice from the Hitch-hiker's Guide!"
...it's a weirdly eroded space station.
I don't get that second image.
Is that what nothing else looks like, or is that what everything else looks like?
Either way, this article proves we shouldn't make general statements like that, doesn't it?
My girlfriend has one of those in the shower, and yells at me when I leave it in the old water :(
Brent Jones
Imagine a beowolf cluster of "Thats no moon" jokes...
Travel pictures? Uh, yeah, that would be interesting. It is getting late though. Have a big meeting in the morning. Really, have to go. You have to download the pictures? It will take how long? Their from where?! How far out is that? No really, I have to leave. I can't wait that long to look at trip pictures. Really, big meeting, yes, really big meeting. Bye! [makes a break for the car....]
Everyone knows NASA faked the moon landings, and this is just a black and white close up of a rice crispy in Mike Griffin's morning cereal! ;-)
She's built like a steak house, but she handles like a bistro....
After viewing the pictures of the highly eroded surface, NASA scientists realized it bears a striking resemblance to EDWARD JAMES OLMOS and have renamed the moon in his honour. The moon will now be known as the "EDWARD JAMES OLMOS MOON" in honour of the Battlestar Galactica and Miami Vice star.
GoatPigSheep, the 3 most important food groups
... the Shrike??
Disclosure: I'm stupid
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/moons /images/PIA07737-br500.jpg
Iv'e scene this in the toliet bowl after a hard night of drinking and Taco Bell.
What's that thing in the top left hand corner of the second image? It doesn't fit with the rest of the landscape...
You mean the words that say, "DB_Session allocated the following problem: DB Error: connect failed"? Something tells me it is an earthy artifact.
Table-ized A.I.
Uhmm, the cheese looks definitely older than on our moon (set zoom to highest level).
Windows is like decaf - it tastes like the real thing, but it won't get you through the day.
Its a fish fossil. You see, when God created the earth 3,000 years ago he had some stuff left over, so he just thew it in orbit around other planets, figuring no one would ever find it.
Naquada Mine.
Does the second pic look like a Total Annihilation map to anyone other than me?
What we are seeing, ladies and gents, is a galactic Surinam Toad.
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Exactly what the spawn were, and what has become of them, is the subject of fierce debate. But we can be sure of two things: We have always been at war with Oceania, and these creatures don't like waffles.
Oh sure, my friends said, just try a little LSD. All that stuff about flashbacks and going psycho is bullshit
I think it's a fossilized huge sperm.
Oops. Sorry. I didnt mean to shoot it that far.
Could be something tectonic.
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How did the Nazis get to Hyperion 60 years ago???
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"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
so they finally found his lost pumice rock, damnd those pesky calluses