--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
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> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/index.cfm
> > >
> > Thanks for the link- I am really enjoying the close ups of
Saturn's
> > rings.
>
> When I saw the story that contained the link, I
> thought to myself, Ho hum, more pictures of Saturn.
> But I clicked on it just for the heck of it and was
> glad I did--I've never seen any like these before.
>
> What always gets me about the rings is the edge-on
> views. They're so thin and delicate, at least
> relative to Saturn's bulk.
>
> Have you ever seen Saturn through a really good
> observatory telescope? Ironically, it doesn't
> look real, it looks like a painting.
>
I was just thinking about a trip to our local observatory, since I
don't have a telescope.
