# Photos from Saturn **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924 "2010-05-27T04:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/1 "2010-05-27T04:55:41Z")
See them [here](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/checking_in_on_saturn.html). From Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft. I especially like the diamond-ring effect from sunlight glinting off that lake on Titan. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/2 "2010-05-27T05:26:06Z")
And this is why we really are amazing, when we choose to be. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/3 "2010-05-27T07:24:04Z")
That’s not a moon! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/4 "2010-05-27T07:45:13Z")
I have a very bad feeling about this! (Edit: Those are some seriously awesome pictures. Thanks for sharing!) ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/5 "2010-05-29T22:37:36Z")
Magnificent! I’m astounded by the incredible detail of some of those photos. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/6 "2010-05-30T01:12:40Z")
This is my favorite photo taken by Cassini of Saturn. It was taken on the dark side of Saturn looking back at the eclipsed sun. The earth is also visible in the photo! > **[APOD: 2009 January 11 - In the Shadow of Saturn](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090111.html)** > > A different astronomy and space science > related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/7 "2010-05-30T01:17:53Z")
They look so fake :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/8 "2010-05-30T02:42:56Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > They look so fake :eek: (Shhh! It’s just a movie set located in New Mexico.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/9 "2010-05-30T08:51:46Z")
OK, I give up. Where’s Waldo? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/10 "2010-05-30T08:57:10Z")
They must have a great flash on that camera. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/11 "2010-05-30T10:24:21Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > They look so fake :eek: The “fakest” looking, I think is [the picture](http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090111.html) **pudytat72** linked to. I still want a very large print of that one. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/12 "2010-05-31T03:57:17Z")
All that time & money & they couldn’t spring for the color film? _d&r!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/13 "2010-05-31T04:10:36Z")
… they really do look fake. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/14 "2010-05-31T06:57:29Z")
Fantastic! The universe is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/15 "2010-05-31T08:13:01Z")
The geysers on Enceladus!!! Wow, those are great shots. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/16 "2010-06-02T13:56:53Z")
Nice pictures. But my favorite picture of the Saturnian moons is still [Cassini’s picture of Hyperion](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090118.html). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/17 "2010-06-04T03:57:52Z")
You know, I remember when Cassini first launched…and all the protesters, because it has an onboard nuclear power supply. They were out there on the beach, the night it launched—at least some were weeping, openly. I had some…choice words about that. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/18 "2010-06-04T13:23:37Z")
Wow, what a beautiful set of photos. So well composed, too, that they are out of the realm of mere scientific record and are real art as well. My favourite is the one showing the pattern of waves in the rings caused by the gravity of the moons. Such a shame, though, about all the hogwash about God that fills a large proportion of the comments on that page. Why can’t people accept and appreciate the beauty of the solar system without having to drag religious bullshit into it? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/19 "2010-06-04T14:01:07Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Nice pictures. But my favorite picture of the Saturnian moons is still [Cassini’s picture of Hyperion](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090118.html). Okay, now that’s _cool_. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924/20 "2010-06-04T14:16:12Z")
Yay, new [desktop image](http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/cassini_05_21/s06_pia11613.jpg). 4 of my 5 last desktops were of Saturn. I need a new obsession. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-from-saturn/540924.md?page=2)