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Mysterious glowing aurora over Saturn confounds scientists
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| Nov 13. 2008
| Daily Mail reporter
Posted on 11/13/2008 7:51:08 AM PST by Keli Kilohana
A stunning light display over Saturn has stumped scientists who say it behaves unlike any other planetary aurora known in our solar system.
The blueish-green glow was found over the ringed planet's north polar region just like Earth's northern lights.
It was discovered by the infrared instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aurora; catastrophism; saturn
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Mysterious? Aren't those a lot like the gaseous clouds around Uranus?
To: Keli Kilohana
Human Caused Global Warming... Obviously!
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:52:13 AM PST
by
gridlock
(Don't blame me... I voted for Palin!)
To: Keli Kilohana
The glowing aurora over Saturn is probably a sign that the “One” has been elected and will save the universe.
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:52:38 AM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
To: Keli Kilohana
Superman’s secret home has been discovered!
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:52:54 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: steelyourfaith; neverdem; sionnsar; Keli Kilohana
OK.
So we have Mars heating up ... (At least until this year's very low temps and subsequent problems for the space crawler’s solar cells and batteries.)
Then Jupiter gets a second massive “red spot” storm cloud - for the first time since Galileo began recording Jupiter's clouds in the early 1600’s.
Pluto and Charon BOTH heat up and have a larger, more reflective gas cloud around them.
And now Saturn shows signs of heating up.
Gee. That CO2 the evil United States is emitting sure gets around the SOLAR SYSTEM quite a lot doesn't it?
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:56:14 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Keli Kilohana
Yeah, it puzzles me, too!...............
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posted on
11/13/2008 7:56:30 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
To: LottieDah
The glowing aurora over Saturn is probably a sign that the “One” has been elected and will save the universe. Notice that the aura is in the shape of an "O"
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:01:20 AM PST
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: Keli Kilohana
Saturn celebrating Obama’s election.
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:01:39 AM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
To: Keli Kilohana
How does one discover a bluish-green glow using infrared instruments?
Ok, ok, only kidding.
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:02:00 AM PST
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: frithguild
But also notice that the mouth (at 4 o’clock) is frowning.
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:03:02 AM PST
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: frithguild
LOL, good observation, Obama’s home planet no doubt.
Freedom lovers are from Mars, Socialists are from Saturn ..
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:04:33 AM PST
by
Scythian
To: Keli Kilohana
This is obviously Global Warming, and I demand Algore immediately address the issue and explain just how the U.S. taxpayer is going to pay for it.
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:07:53 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Obama, you are NOT my President!)
To: Keli Kilohana
They are fueling the mother ship to come take Obama home.
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:08:36 AM PST
by
MindBender26
(Never kick a leftist when they are down. Wait 'til they're halfway back up! You get better leverage!)
To: Keli Kilohana
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:10:52 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
To: frithguild
God...I hope it is his mothership coming to pick him up!!
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:11:18 AM PST
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: frithguild
“Notice that the aura is in the shape of an “O””
Very little difference between the letter “O” and “0” (Zero).
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:13:32 AM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
To: coloradan
But also notice that the mouth (at 4 o’clock) is frowning. yyeeesss.. Yes! I see the resemblance!
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:17:51 AM PST
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: Keli Kilohana
It's Sister Ruth and her Unarius Space Brothers coming to pick up their crown-prince Obama!
you think I'm making this stuff up!
I used to LOVE watching Sister Ruth's Unarians on public-access TV!
To: coloradan
How does one discover a bluish-green glow using infrared instruments? Beat me to it.
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:26:58 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
To: Centurion2000
Reminds you of “The Scream”—doesn’t it?
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posted on
11/13/2008 8:27:56 AM PST
by
Keli Kilohana
(Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
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