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OM wrote:
...Actually, as soon as I get through the remaining 28 photo shoots I have to sort through, clean up, and post online, I'm going to start doing some of my own image analysis and see what comes up. I'm more interested in the white stuff poking through, especially if it's still there on the next pass. Alex, are your contacts saying anything about whether this is just cloud formation, or possibly something sticking up through the haze enough to stand out in the IR? If you're referring to the high albedo feature over Titan's south polar regions, then almost everyone I know is fairly confident this represents tropospheric clouds, especially since the feature is seen to move in the ISS imagery, and most probably methane condensing out of the atmosphere. -- Alex R. Blackwell University of Hawaii |
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Pat Flannery wrote:
(The little "o" shaped thing is apparently something on the camera, and not an actual feature on the surface.) I know a couple of guys named Wheeler and Guth who beg to disagree. (runs, ducks and covers) -- bp Proud Member of the Human O-Ring Society Since 2003 |
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 03:47:41 GMT, Bruce Palmer
wrote: Pat Flannery wrote: (The little "o" shaped thing is apparently something on the camera, and not an actual feature on the surface.) I know a couple of guys named Wheeler and Guth who beg to disagree. (runs, ducks and covers) ....Actually, it's a Cheerieo. It's what made Cassini get up and go-go-GO! OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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Alex R. Blackwell wrote: If you're referring to the high albedo feature over Titan's south polar regions, then almost everyone I know is fairly confident this represents tropospheric clouds, especially since the feature is seen to move in the ISS imagery, and most probably methane condensing out of the atmosphere. That's interesting. I hope Huygens get some shots of clouds as it descends toward the surface. Pat |
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Bruce Palmer wrote: I know a couple of guys named Wheeler and Guth who beg to disagree. (runs, ducks and covers) Titanic Man-Of-War floating in the methane sea, with its tendrils searching for the Methane Muskies, not doubt. Pat |
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In sci.space.policy Pat Flannery wrote:
DeSelby wrote: Now what I want to know is when are the Titan images gonna show up?? The official site says the images are going to be downloaded Friday afternoon They're up here now: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedi...browseLatest=1 Thanks Are the dark markings the hypothesized seas? I doubt it - they look like atmospheric features to me. I suspect we are seeing cloud features in Titan's upper atmosphere, unless they are looking in the atmospheric window. Apparently scientists are somewhat baffled by what appears to be a lack of liquid at Titan's surface... Pat |
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On or about Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:28:04 -1000, Alex R. Blackwell
made the sensational claim that: If you're referring to the high albedo feature over Titan's south polar regions, then almost everyone I know is fairly confident this represents tropospheric clouds, especially since the feature is seen to move in the ISS imagery, and most probably methane condensing out of the atmosphere. This is probably a silly question, but what are the scattered points of light? All I can think is "stars", but that's so obviously wrong. -- This is a siggy | To E-mail, do note | Just because something It's properly formatted | who you mean to reply-to | is possible, doesn't No person, none, care | and it will reach me | mean it can happen |
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On or about Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:37:18 GMT, LooseChanj
made the sensational claim that: This is probably a silly question, but what are the scattered points of light? All I can think is "stars", but that's so obviously wrong. Ok, I had another thought. Blips in the data? -- This is a siggy | To E-mail, do note | Just because something It's properly formatted | who you mean to reply-to | is possible, doesn't No person, none, care | and it will reach me | mean it can happen |
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:42:06 GMT, LooseChanj
wrote: On or about Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:37:18 GMT, LooseChanj made the sensational claim that: This is probably a silly question, but what are the scattered points of light? All I can think is "stars", but that's so obviously wrong. Ok, I had another thought. Blips in the data? ....John Glenn's fireflies, natch. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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LooseChanj wrote:
This is probably a silly question, but what are the scattered points of light? All I can think is "stars", but that's so obviously wrong. Hmm. I'm not sure what you are referring to. Can you point to a specific image? -- Alex R. Blackwell University of Hawaii |
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