Astro-image of the day: Stormy Saturn for Cassini's Birthday

Today is Cassini's 10^th anniversary! To celebrate, the Cassini website has uploaded lots of good stuff. For example, check out this amazing close-up of Saturn's atmosphere:

Click the image to see the story.

Like Jupiter, Saturn has bands of clouds that jet around the world in opposite directions, creating these eddies and storms. Here's a more typical shot of Saturn, if any close-up from orbit can be called "typical":

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And for those of you wanting even more, here's an amazing panorama of the Saturn system:
( click here to see a 1710 x 567 pixel shot )

Happy Birthday, Cassini! And thanks for all the beautiful pictures.

Best,
Chris

Astro-image of the day: Stormy Saturn for Cassini's Birthday

Today is Cassini's 10^th anniversary! To celebrate, the Cassini website has uploaded lots of good stuff. For example, check out this amazing close-up of Saturn's atmosphere:

Click the image to see the story.

Like Jupiter, Saturn has bands of clouds that jet around the world in opposite directions, creating these eddies and storms. Here's a more typical shot of Saturn, if any close-up from orbit can be called "typical":

Click the image to see the story.

And for those of you wanting even more, here's an amazing panorama of the Saturn system:
( click here to see a 1710 x 567 pixel shot )

Happy Birthday, Cassini! And thanks for all the beautiful pictures.

Best,
Chris

Kellie Wells reading in Lawrence this Friday

This looks cool:

Kellie Wells, a KU graduate, will give a fiction reading this coming Friday, October 19th, at 7pm in the Jayhawk Room of the University of Kansas student Union in Lawrence, Kansas. Wells won the Flannery O'Connor Prize for her collection "Compression Scars." Her novel, "Skin," recently came out. Wells currently teaches in the writing program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Chris

Kellie Wells reading in Lawrence this Friday

This looks cool:

Kellie Wells, a KU graduate, will give a fiction reading this coming Friday, October 19th, at 7pm in the Jayhawk Room of the University of Kansas student Union in Lawrence, Kansas. Wells won the Flannery O'Connor Prize for her collection "Compression Scars." Her novel, "Skin," recently came out. Wells currently teaches in the writing program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Chris

30% off tomorrow at the KU Bookstores!

Because the KU football team kicked buttockses last weekend, you get 30% off of KU merchandise, school and art supplies, and general books on Tuesday!

Click the image to see the sale details.

The fine print:
Discount will be applied manually after checkout. Sale valid at all KU Bookstores - Kansas Union, Burge Union, Edwards Campus, Oread Books, KUBookstores.com and the Art and Design Shop. Offer does not include textbooks, electronics and sale items. Offer not valid with other discounts or offers.

Best,
Chris

30% off tomorrow at the KU Bookstores!

Because the KU football team kicked buttockses last weekend, you get 30% off of KU merchandise, school and art supplies, and general books on Tuesday!

Click the image to see the sale details.

The fine print:
Discount will be applied manually after checkout. Sale valid at all KU Bookstores - Kansas Union, Burge Union, Edwards Campus, Oread Books, KUBookstores.com and the Art and Design Shop. Offer does not include textbooks, electronics and sale items. Offer not valid with other discounts or offers.

Best,
Chris