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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Saturn Storm Panoramas
NASA ^
| July 08, 2011
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Posted on 07/07/2011 9:27:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: These tantalizing panoramas follow a remarkable giant storm encircling the northern hemisphere of ringed planet Saturn. Still active, the roiling storm clouds were captured in near-infrared images recorded by the Cassini spacecraft on February 26 and stitched into the high resolution, false-color mosaics. Seen late last year as a prominent bright spot by amateur astronomers as Saturn rose in predawn skies, the powerful storm has grown to enormous proportions. Its north-south extent is nearly 15,000 kilometers as it now stretches completely around the gas giant's northern hemisphere some 300,000 kilometers, Taken about one Saturn day (11 hours) apart, the panoramas show the head of the storm at the left and cover about 150 degrees in longitude. Also a source of radio noise from lightning, the intense storm may be related to seasonal changes as Saturn experiences northern hemisphere spring.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; saturn; science
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To: FDNYRHEROES
I guess I’ll have to, the bossa nova explanation isn’t going to work here.
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07/08/2011 4:21:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: RobRoy
Plus, imagine how many tire changes.
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07/08/2011 4:22:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Roccus; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
When I saw your post, it hit me that I should have used this for a Catastrophism list topic. And, it's not too late. ;') Thanks Roccus.
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07/08/2011 4:22:41 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/08/2011 4:33:31 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
Better images of Saturnian Catastrophism than I posted earlier
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posted on
07/08/2011 5:01:14 PM PDT
by
Roccus
Thanks Beowulf9, that's where Santa lives.
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07/08/2011 5:10:00 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Roccus
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07/08/2011 5:11:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: JoeProBono
“If you say you remember the 60s, uh, um, what were we talking about?”
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07/08/2011 5:11:54 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; TheOldLady
And theyre deaf, imagine having to be in a storm like that all the time.Then Van Gogh would fit right in. He certainly hasn't the ear for it.
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posted on
07/08/2011 7:49:43 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
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To: SunkenCiv
Friends, Romans, and Countrymen...
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posted on
07/08/2011 8:03:21 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: bigheadfred
But he has the other ear.
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07/08/2011 8:07:21 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady; SunkenCiv
But he has the other ear.Not anymore. Unless he has been reincarnated on Jupiter. And then he would have both. But that is just silly. You would have to be crazy to try to live on Jupiter with 2 good ears.
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07/08/2011 8:16:59 PM PDT
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bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred
I swear I said he was still alive. But you may be right.
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07/08/2011 10:01:59 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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