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Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/12/21 02:53 CST
Cassini's busy downlinking photos from yesterday's close pass by Enceladus, including some neat shots of Dione and this one where Mimas skipped briefly in to the field of view.
Door 10 in the 2010 advent calendar
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/12/10 03:40 CST
Time to open the tenth door in the advent calendar. Where in the solar system is this jumble of bouldery fissures?
Weekend treats from Cassini: Enceladus plumes plus bonus Tethys and Dione
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/14 06:52 CDT
Over the last couple of days Cassini flew past Enceladus, Tethys and Dione, so there are lots of treats to see on the raw images website! You should go check it out for yourself, but here are a couple of real favorites.
How to Recognize Titan from Quite a Long Way Away
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/09 05:16 CDT
You know, I could fill this blog almost entirely with the amazing images that Gordan Ugarkovic locates, processes into prettiness, and uploads to his Flickr account.
The most amazing image of Enceladus Cassini has captured yet
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/19 01:05 CDT
Every time I think Cassini has captured the coolest image of Enceladus ever, it does better.
Pictures hitting Earth from Cassini's close Enceladus flyby today
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/18 05:48 CDT
Cassini flew within 436 kilometers of Enceladus' surface today. Although it's Cassini's 11th targeted flyby of Enceladus, these close buzzes are never routine.
New maps of Enceladus and other moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/13 02:26 CDT
Every time Cassini gets reasonably close to one of the moons of Saturn, whether the close approach is a targeted one or just an opportunistic encounter, its planners usually take advantage of the proximity to take a bunch of photos.
A feast of pretty pictures from Cassini
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/12 01:28 CDT
Cassini has it almost too easy. Point at anything in the Saturn system and you're guaranteed of a shot that looks, at least, pretty.
A busy day for Cassini: Dione plus bonus Enceladus and Janus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/08 12:39 CDT
The Cassini Saturn orbiter just completed its second very close flyby of Saturn's mid-sized iceball moon Dione, and the images from that encounter have been streaming onto the Cassini raw images website this morning.
Cassini at Enceladus: Baghdad's Glowing Canyon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/23 05:33 CST
The Cassini mission released a pile of images today from the super-close flyby of Enceladus that happened on November 21.
A Space Carnival (#140) and some new names for Enceladus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/09 10:39 CST
This week the Carnival of Space is over at one of my favorite new blogs, Lights in the Dark. Actually it's not so new -- evidently this week marks its first anniversary!
Hooray! Cassini's tour has been extended for SEVEN MORE YEARS!
Posted by Emily LakdawallaJohn Spencer on 2010/02/03 01:12 CST
NASA has just announced that once Cassini's Equinox Mission runs out in June of this year, they will extend it a further seven more years, long enough for the spacecraft to see Saturn through its solstice!!
Figuring out the shape of Mars (and other places)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/01/19 01:31 CST
An amateur named Bernhard Braun ("nirgal" on unmannedspaceflight) has been posting the results from a new piece of software he's developed that generates 3-D models of landscapes from single photos.
Two more awesome pictures from the Enceladus flyby
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/22 05:54 CST
I'm getting to be a broken record here, but I can't stop looking at these photos from the Enceladus flyby.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/21 11:16 CST
Here's a 4-frame mosaic of Enceladus images -- just another everyday spectacularly alien landscape.
Prepare for your jaw to hit the floor when you see these pictures of Enceladus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/21 10:26 CST
Wow, just wow. I didn't know what to expect from the second flyby of Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus in November, which happened yesterday.
Opportunity's poking at Marquette Island; Cassini's catching dancing moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/18 04:58 CST
Since tomorrow's class is going to be on playing with raw images from the rovers and Cassini, I've been playing with recent raw images from the rovers and Cassini! I just thought I'd share a couple of the fun items I've been working with.
Another marvelous image from Cassini's Nov 2 Enceladus flyby
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/03 12:21 CST
This image goodie was produced from the raw images from Cassini's close encounter with Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus yesterday by Gordan Ugarkovic.
Cassini's Enceladus encounter, with bonus Tethys
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/02 11:10 CST
Raw images from Cassini's close pass by Enceladus today started appearing on the JPL raw images website, and some less-compressed versions of a few of them showed up on the CICLOPS website.
Rhea, Enceladus, Mimas, and Tethys, oh my!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/15 03:23 CDT
With the last Titan flyby on October 12, Cassini came back to an orbit that's nearly in the equatorial plane, and immediately rewarded us with some fine views of several of the icy moons. Here are a bunch of images of those moons.
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