re: From above it looks like Mars and from the ground...Venus

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re: From above it looks like Mars and from the ground...Venus

Raoul — 1/14/2005 10:01:18 PM (archived)

There doesn't seem to be shadows on the ground (like Venus) and that's because of the haze.

But, well, it's Titan , the real Titan and no more the space artists' Titan (what would Chesley Bonestell think of this?).

Raoul

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Surface image!!! - R.L. - 1/14/2005 8:34:06 PM
- Aaaaamazing! - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 2:03:18 AM
  - WYSIWYG - Nick Hoffman - 1/15/2005 3:43:54 AM
    - What? No wheels? Dang! Well, back to Mars... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2005 4:50:49 AM
      - Nuclear powered blimp.... - dtb - 1/15/2005 5:48:31 AM
        
        re: Nuclear powered blimp.... - LJK - 1/15/2005 3:59:55 PM
- They're calling these "ice blocks." - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 10:42:47 PM
  - That's the problem with you California residents.... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/15/2005 3:44:37 PM
  - And they are roundish - SteveS - 1/15/2005 1:23:15 AM
- Quick thoughts... - jms - 1/14/2005 9:59:10 PM
  - Drainage patterns... - jms - 1/14/2005 10:07:47 PM
- JimO on NBC Evening News - JimO - 1/14/2005 9:55:46 PM
  - Bumped to NBC News Sat AM - JimO - 1/15/2005 12:00:42 AM
    - Ran on NBC News Sat AM 7:30, EST - JimO - 1/15/2005 3:32:25 PM
    - A Titan about Titan? (n/t) - et - 1/15/2005 3:02:00 AM
    - re: Bumped to NBC News Sat AM - Delbert - 1/15/2005 12:40:23 AM
    - At least you wren't bumped by 900 bags of nickels - Fox - 1/15/2005 12:05:19 AM
  - Knock 'em dead. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 11:02:14 PM
  - re: From above it looks like Mars and from the ground...Venus - Raoul - 1/14/2005 10:01:18 PM
  - Break a leg, JimO! - Fox - 1/14/2005 10:00:00 PM
- Gaaah! All the sites are clogged! - LJ - 1/14/2005 9:31:54 PM
- Now *this* is a river! - dtb - 1/14/2005 9:19:47 PM
  - re: Now *this* is a beach! - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:23:59 PM
    - EVEN BETTER - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:27:33 PM
      - re: Visibility nearly equals that of Mars. Thanks, R.L. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:48:35 PM
- COOL!!! - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:19:22 PM
  - "shoreline" is the word used in this new release - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 9:23:56 PM
- Excellent ! - jms - 1/14/2005 9:08:17 PM
- Two shots I've seen so far. - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 9:07:08 PM
  - Here are a bunch of raw images - REB - 1/14/2005 9:07:54 PM
    - Your site was shut down- - R.L. - 1/14/2005 10:55:40 PM
      - Hah! I saved it as an "Offline file" in IE6. I can still look at the pictures off line. - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2005 12:23:10 AM
        
        re: Hah! I saved it as an "Offline file" in IE6. I can still look at the pictures off line. - Nathan Koren - 1/15/2005 12:44:36 AM
      - re: Your site was shut down- - Alberto - 1/14/2005 11:10:20 PM
      - It was the DISR team's site - dtb - 1/14/2005 11:03:08 PM
    - 1st glimpse of surface at no. 382, 1st on-surface image at no. 723 (n/t) - Daniel - 1/14/2005 9:22:52 PM
      - compare 721 to 723. Looks like it went splat. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 9:31:10 PM
    - Wow, whole thumbnail set! - dtb - 1/14/2005 9:16:08 PM
    - re: Thank you, REB! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:15:06 PM
    - re: Link - Raoul - 1/14/2005 9:13:13 PM
    - Look at 533, 535 and 529!!! (n/t) - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:12:46 PM
      - looks like an open water lead on sea ice (or a canal....) (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/14/2005 9:26:48 PM
      - Is one of them with the very bright reflection? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 9:21:01 PM
      - re: Look at 533, 535 and 529!!! (n/t) - OH WOW CHECK OUT # 564!! - 1/14/2005 9:14:38 PM
        
        Check out 202! Methane droplets on the lens? - REB - 1/14/2005 9:44:06 PM
- It wasnt expected to survive a landing on a solid surface (n/t) - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:04:33 PM
- Looks kind of like rocks in a pond, don't it? ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 8:59:40 PM
  - Maybe rocks in a small patchy puddle (n/t) - R.L. - 1/15/2005 9:00:16 AM
  - re: He he ;) - Raoul - 1/14/2005 9:08:50 PM
  - I'm not seeing the liquid.... Sarcasm? ;) (n/t) - et - 1/14/2005 9:04:01 PM
- JPL and ESA sites are down to a limping crawl - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:48:22 PM
  - Two agencies covering the same event - it must be . . . The Clash of the Titans! (n/t) - Fox - 1/14/2005 9:02:51 PM
  - re: from above - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:53:24 PM
    - Yes, I've seen these (and thank you very much!!!) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:58:27 PM
      - re: Can't see the ESA site... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:08:34 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... - alcaray - 1/14/2005 9:14:29 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:17:57 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... = I wish JMS or some other resident geologist would check that one out. - Marcia - 1/14/2005 9:56:17 PM
        
        re: Can't see the ESA site... = I wish JMS or some other resident geologist would check that one out. - SteveS - 1/15/2005 4:32:50 AM
        
        re: Aha! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 10:21:26 PM
        
        re: ah... - jms - 1/14/2005 10:32:30 PM
        
        Scaling and MER memory - dtb - 1/14/2005 11:07:33 PM
        
        frdk - jms - 1/14/2005 10:19:03 PM
        
        re: frdk - LOL -No, don't give in... just look up and take a deep breath. lol (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 10:24:17 PM
- Great, more rocky rubble fields. - et - 1/14/2005 8:45:13 PM
  - Yeh, look at that interesting rebound structure right in the middle of the first frame... - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 2:09:59 AM
  - re: Great, more rocky rubble fields. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 9:00:28 PM
    - Lots of data to come! - alcaray - 1/14/2005 9:11:22 PM
    - Carbonaceous grit? We'll find out soon hopefully.... (n/t) - et - 1/14/2005 9:02:55 PM
- re: Surface image!!! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 8:43:41 PM
- re: Surface image!!! - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:36:04 PM
  - re: Is that the only one they posted at their site? (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:41:55 PM
    - re: Is that the only one they posted at their site? - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:45:56 PM

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