Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

ESA has posted (finally) 360 degree montage of Huygens' landing area (200k Pic warning!)
ESA Website ^ | 17 January 2005 | European Space Agency

Posted on 01/17/2005 11:51:59 AM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon



TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cassini; huygens; saturn; titan
Anyone know which the probe was headed?
1 posted on 01/17/2005 11:52:10 AM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon
Anyone know which the probe was headed?

Down...
(sorry)

And what's with the profile of the bearded guy in the LLH corner?

2 posted on 01/17/2005 11:56:53 AM PST by mikrofon (A Titan??)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mikrofon

Easy ! We've located Osama!! (diving for cover)


3 posted on 01/17/2005 12:03:16 PM PST by Salgak (don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

That's funny. It looks just like my back yard, where some clunky machine landed last week.


4 posted on 01/17/2005 12:10:52 PM PST by theDentist (Jerry Springer: PBS for White Trash)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

Looks like a vacation paradise!


5 posted on 01/17/2005 12:13:31 PM PST by Dr. Thorne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Thorne

Must be be a fake...there are no stars in the background


6 posted on 01/17/2005 12:18:36 PM PST by spokeshave (Strategery + Schardenfreude = Stratenschardenfreudery)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Phil V.

Pinging for a break from Mars threads.


7 posted on 01/17/2005 12:32:56 PM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon (Buy American, the Nation you save may be your own)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mikrofon
And what's with the profile of the bearded guy in the LLH corner?

Art Bell please pick up on line one.

8 posted on 01/17/2005 12:39:50 PM PST by OSHA (Moosenami - Waves of crazed moose thought to be caused by earthquakes deep under the fjords.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

From bottom right to upper left.


9 posted on 01/17/2005 1:39:16 PM PST by cabojoe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cabojoe

The "fog" or "clouds" in the upper left that looks like a nose is where approximatly the landing site is located.


10 posted on 01/17/2005 1:44:27 PM PST by cabojoe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

Is that Elvis down there?


11 posted on 01/17/2005 1:46:52 PM PST by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mikrofon
Down...

In what coordinate frame?

12 posted on 01/17/2005 1:48:22 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

How much money did they waste for that photo?


13 posted on 01/17/2005 1:55:43 PM PST by Echo Talon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Echo Talon

None.


14 posted on 01/17/2005 2:25:51 PM PST by Liberty Tree Surgeon (Buy American, the Nation you save may be your own)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

I think I see the Virgin Mary in one of them.


15 posted on 01/17/2005 2:54:24 PM PST by boofus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Liberty Tree Surgeon
More interesting open source imaging has been done here: http://www.saturntoday.com/news/viewnews.html?id=999

ESA is working on this like the French on holiday.

16 posted on 01/17/2005 3:00:28 PM PST by Faraday
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Faraday

Wooo...thanks!


17 posted on 01/17/2005 3:33:55 PM PST by cabojoe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson