Possibly the ultimate in photography

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 09:56

Possibly the ultimate in photography - Largish images

These are some photos from the Cassini-Huygens space probe sent to Saturn. To be clear, these are taken from a camera hanging of a 6 ton spacecraft that measures around 22 feet high by 13 feet wide.

The moon Titan seen through the rings of Saturn

The moon Dione with Saturn in the background

The moon Enceladus

Saturn in close true colour as the eye would see it.

SATURN - this one stuns me

Image source: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

cyKey · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:13

Thats unreal. Stunning photos. However, they really should use HDR so they can get some stars in

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:14

cyKey said:
Thats unreal. Stunning photos. However, they really should use HDR so they can get some stars in

LOL - I'll be sure to tell them next time they launch a spacecraft to Saturn

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:31

here you go - Saturn with stars

Zefan · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:33

Just wow.

james.miller · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:38

that's pretty damn impressive

steveo · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:45

lol they look fake lol

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:05

steveo said:
lol they look fake lol

Uh-oh - conspiracy theorist? They are def real, check out the link at the bottom:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:19

Well there we go. Whos better. Nikon/Canon?

Neither. NASA!

Superb images. Saturn really is quite an amazing thing.

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:37

now there is something to research - what cameras do they use?

MaxPower · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:40

Amazing, I did a research project on Saturn very interesting.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:59

SteveOBHave said:
now there is something to research - what cameras do they use?

Probably something a lot like what orbits earth.

VERY HIGH QUALITY!!

King_Boru · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:10

They look fake becasue we are so used to seeing this stuff rendered in CGI in films. Pretty impressive.

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:32

Thought I'd include some of the Jupiter flyby images also:

Richard T · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:49

super stunning!!! :eek:

Wile E. Coyote · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:22

absolutely stunning :cool:

hoodmeister · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:24

Absolutely marvellous - I have to say, if these weren't put up with people saying "these are from NASA etc. etc. I would have initially thought they were just lovely photoshop renders.

But I guess what that points out is how "clean" & "crisp" nature can be

nero120 · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:25

They are fantastic. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to see these planets up close. I imagine you'd be pretty freaked at the actual size of them, I wonder when manned flights will visit them - probably not in out lifetimes.

SteveOBHave · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:40

nero120 said:
They are fantastic. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to see these planets up close. I imagine you'd be pretty freaked at the actual size of them, I wonder when manned flights will visit them - probably not in out lifetimes.

I wouldn't be so sure. Another space race could well be all that is needed and there are several challengers for a return to the moon. There are also pushes from private companies to get to the moon and beyond motivated by the likes of the X-Prize foundation.

I think we're going to see some pretty cool stuff in our lifetime.

Wile E. Coyote · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:42

SteveOBHave said:
I think we're going to see some pretty cool stuff in our lifetime.

Fingers crossed, might get the world looking away from all the negative things at the mo