Astro-images of the day: Iapetus movie! And 3D coolness.

[mckitterick]

Neat: Here's an animation of the Cassini spacecraft's recent trip over the wall around Iapetus.

Click the movie to see the full story.

Iapetus is a moon of Saturn, seen here in 3D:


So why not an Iapetus image in 3D, too? Here you go!


Best,
Chris

Comments

[gmskarka.livejournal.com]

We're getting a big NO-HOTLINKING image for the first one.....

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Fixed! Thanks for the suggestion.

PS: Check out the debate going on in my "mercs in Iraq" post from yesterday.

[arian1.livejournal.com]

OH CHRIST MAN! THE BLINKING! My EYES! The Goggles! They do nothing!

Well, just one jerk really

[brownpau.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I do have to keep people from leeching my bandwidth, of course. Peanut Butter Jelly Time Banana at least entertains in the process.

Here's a tinypic URL you can use for the Iapetus GIF:
http://i15.tinypic.com/4xxcpw6.gif

Re: Well, just one jerk really

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! I was even linking to the story. Fixed it.