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Cassini's Best Images

Posted by timothy on from the ready-for-their-close-ups dept.

CheshireCatCO writes "The winners of the best images from the Cassini spacecraft (taken since Cassini images of Saturn were first acquired in February 2004) have been announced. The winner of best color image is In Saturn's Shadow, the stunning, high-phase portrait of Saturn from opposite the Sun. Winners of best black-and-white and best movie (both categories resulted in ties) are also available."

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  1. Re:FP for 2008? by Smordnys+s'regrepsA · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is /. - everyone else is sitting in front of their computer, naked, reading /. WHILE drinking.

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  2. Sponge Moon Square Pants by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One of my very favorite Cassini images is an enhanced view of the odd sponge-looking moon Hyperion:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyperion_false_color.jpg

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  3. Re:Are these images from an explorer spacecraft? by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 4, Informative

    The images are real (and as unaltered as humanly possible). Then again, the accuracy of the figures should be an indication that this is so: the best ellipse you can draw (even with a computer) is no match for the shape of the Sun or any of the gas-giant planets, for example. (Also, most of the rings are really darned circular, especially at this level.)