Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > Community > MacNN Lounge > Unique, once in a life-time picture of a Saturian eclipse! [HUMONGOUS JPG]

Unique, once in a life-time picture of a Saturian eclipse! [HUMONGOUS JPG]
Thread Tools
Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 05:03 PM
 
I thought this was absolutely breathtaking. Cassini was positioned so Saturn was between it and the Sun. It's almost metallic looking! Like Saturn is a giant ball of mercury! I'm gonna clean it up with Photoshop and make it my desktop pic.

Here's a description from APOD.

"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
     
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the verge of insanity
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 05:04 PM
 
Yikes, that's large.
I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
     
Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: planning a comeback !
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 05:14 PM
 
Wow, amazing pic.

-t
     
Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Aiken, South Carolina, USA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 06:08 PM
 
Beautiful.
Apple II GS | Powerbook 165 | iMac Rev. A 96mb RAM| iBook G3 500mhz, 128mb RAM | Power Macintosh G5 1.6ghz, 2.25gb RAM | Black MacBook 2ghz, 2gb RAM | iPhone Rev. A 8gb HD
     
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2000
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 06:12 PM
 
Could you post the cleaned up version when you're done? I'd like it for my desktop too.
     
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 06:40 PM
 
Wow, that's amazing. You should definitely post the cleaned-up version too.

Any ramblings are entirely my own, and do not represent those of my employers, coworkers, friends, or species
     
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2000
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 06:55 PM
 
I put it in my desktop rotation right when it came out, without even seeing a need for photoshopping. It's a great picture.

Ticking sound coming from a .pkg package? Don't let the .bom go off! Inspect it first with Pacifist. Macworld - five mice!
     
Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: New York
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 07:04 PM
 
Nice, you tell those losers that use 56k that they have to wait to see this!

"Oh! You smell good, what is that? Macintosh."-http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/03/03
     
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: BFE
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 07:35 PM
 
Photoshop, schmotoshop. It's my desktop pic now.

I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
     
Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 07:40 PM
 
Definitely post the revised version, simply amazing!
15" MacBook Pro 2.0GHz i7 4GB RAM 6490M 120GB OWC 6G SSD 500GB HD
15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz C2D 2GB RAM 8600M GT 200GB HD
17" C2D iMac 2.0GHz 2GB RAM x1600 500GB HD
     
Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Anson, TX
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 07:42 PM
 
i had it as my desktop yesterday when it was the astronomy pic of the day (APOD widget ftw ). today it's the martian horizon
     
Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 07:47 PM
 
Absolutely stunning.
     
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Salamanca, España
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 07:56 PM
 
Wow.. just stunningly beautiful. Breathtaking. Thanks for sharing!

V
I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
     
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 08:00 PM
 
That's frickin amazing, thanks!
     
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The midwest...
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 08:04 PM
 
Awesome!
Joe
     
Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: :ИOITAↃO⅃
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 08:31 PM
 
Wow, so that's the Earth on the left side, just above the inner rings? Incredible.
     
Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 17, 2006, 08:36 PM
 
"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
     
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The Annals of MacNN History
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 18, 2006, 07:11 AM
 
Nice. Thanks.
     
Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 18, 2006, 07:48 AM
 
Oooooooo. Ahhhhhhhhh! That's a great candidate for a desktop picture...
Glenn -----
OTR/L, MOT, Tx
     
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Union County, NJ
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Oct 18, 2006, 07:57 AM
 
Damn impressive. Thanks, but I think my babe desktop's stil better
     
   
Thread Tools
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:42 PM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2011 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.7 © 2000-2011, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd., Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2