This grand mosaic consists of 126 images acquired in a tile-like fashion, covering
Saturn's rings from one end of to the other and the entire planet in between. The images were taken over the course of two hours on Oct. 6, 2004, while
Cassini was approximately 6.3 million kilometers (3.9 million miles) from Saturn. Since the view seen by Cassini during this time changed very little, no re-projection or alteration of any of the images was necessary. For more on the creation of the image, see
Nasa's summary.
Support - amazing at full rez. I wonder if that's chromatic aberation on the right or if the atmosphere is that purple.
deBivort 21:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)reply
This may be the source of the aberration:
"Three images (red, green and blue) were taken of each of 42 locations, or "footprints," across the planet. The full color footprints were put together to produce a mosaic [...]" --
Malachirality (
talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Just like the old
Technicolor movies - which sometimes do show color fringing, too... --
Janke |
Talk 09:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support - Wow! 126 images?!?
Cacophony (
talk) 23:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support- The epitome of what the FP should be. --Sharkface217 05:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment - Does it seem unusual, weird, atypical or at the very least interesting that the name of this space probe is 'Cassini Huygens' and the software which is available to stitch panoramas together is called
Hugin? --
carol 07:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support - goes without saying. --
Janke |
Talk 09:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support It's a gorgeous shot. One thing I'd like is if we could possible identify the (two?) visible moons in the picture. That may not be possible (considering it's a mosaic, I suppose they could conceivably even be the same moon), but it would make the picture more encyclopedic to identify all the relevant parts.
Matt Deres (
talk) 01:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support It rocks, especially at full rez. However, I am curious what those blobs are in front of Mars near where the rings go behind again on the right. Are those moons?
Vixwald (
talk) 05:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)reply
This grand mosaic consists of 126 images acquired in a tile-like fashion, covering
Saturn's rings from one end of to the other and the entire planet in between. The images were taken over the course of two hours on Oct. 6, 2004, while
Cassini was approximately 6.3 million kilometers (3.9 million miles) from Saturn. Since the view seen by Cassini during this time changed very little, no re-projection or alteration of any of the images was necessary. For more on the creation of the image, see
Nasa's summary.
Support - amazing at full rez. I wonder if that's chromatic aberation on the right or if the atmosphere is that purple.
deBivort 21:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)reply
This may be the source of the aberration:
"Three images (red, green and blue) were taken of each of 42 locations, or "footprints," across the planet. The full color footprints were put together to produce a mosaic [...]" --
Malachirality (
talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Just like the old
Technicolor movies - which sometimes do show color fringing, too... --
Janke |
Talk 09:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support - Wow! 126 images?!?
Cacophony (
talk) 23:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support- The epitome of what the FP should be. --Sharkface217 05:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment - Does it seem unusual, weird, atypical or at the very least interesting that the name of this space probe is 'Cassini Huygens' and the software which is available to stitch panoramas together is called
Hugin? --
carol 07:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support - goes without saying. --
Janke |
Talk 09:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support It's a gorgeous shot. One thing I'd like is if we could possible identify the (two?) visible moons in the picture. That may not be possible (considering it's a mosaic, I suppose they could conceivably even be the same moon), but it would make the picture more encyclopedic to identify all the relevant parts.
Matt Deres (
talk) 01:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Support It rocks, especially at full rez. However, I am curious what those blobs are in front of Mars near where the rings go behind again on the right. Are those moons?
Vixwald (
talk) 05:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)reply