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First Images From 50-km Enceladus Flyby
CheshireCatCO writes "The first pictures from yesterday's flyby of Enceladus are now public. At closest approach, Cassini was set spinning to cancel out the apparent motion of Enceladus so as to capture unsmeared images during the 40,000-mph flyby. Although it wasn't clear that this would work (errors in pointing could easily have made the cameras miss their targets), the maneuver panned out beautifully, producing spectacular images of the surface. Images show the 'tiger stripes' at the south pole, including at least one location that has been identified as a source of a jet, as well as considerable vertical relief, easily visible thanks to the low sun-angle near the south pole at present. Processed, enhanced images should follow shortly."
For a first-attempt at a first post troll you've done very well, grasshopper. I note that you've already been modded-down and there's only one other post in the thread. As everyone in the Troll Training is aware: speed to be modded down is a key metric in measuring the success of our work!
In our next class we will discuss how to use Goatse effectively. You see Goatse is much like the Rickroll (remember that from the last lesson?) in that people should be tricked into viewing it, without prior knowledge of what they'll see.
Anyway, that's all for this time, meanwhile excellent work guys. Just a little homework for you, over the next few posts practice getting a p1st fr0st in. This amusing anagram never fails to delight the Slashdot moderators!
If you don't know what the answer IS, how do you know what it isn't?
What if science is actually a sentient entity which yearns for freedom even as do some of its followers?
What if America really is...nah, that one's just silly.
http://xkcd.com/386/
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