Cassini - Iapetus flyby

[Zoroasterrrr]

bullshit, wrap it in gold and shove an energizer bunny up its butt. oh so you cant take hd photos in space, im calling bullshit

[mnchris1000]

To see all this and know we are stuck on this rock...

[intrptr]

It looks like a moldy orange that has been hit by a shotgun blast and then allowed to mold some more. Impressive impact crater on dayside. Rest of surface appears to be blasted by some titanic forces... prolly that impactor. Shockwaves must have gone round and round reflecting off each other and bouncing back and forth again and again to create that ridge line , maybe? Impressive, ancient, hostile, frozen, tortured, lifeless... nugget in space. Insert breathless noises.... thankyou

[Zoroasterrrr]

The 50's-90's cameras sucked. THUMBS UP IF YOU HAVE A HD CAMERA!!!! Look at the cameras we can buy today, and you show me this crap?

[18thAngel]

These are RAW images, you fool. You try transmitting from a billion kilometres away and see if you don't get a few errors in your images.

[MoussartProds]

@Zoroasterrrr Your HD camera won't last 5 seconds in space, stupid.

[krakken242]

@Zoroasterrrr not only would your HD camera not last 5 seconds in space, it wouldn't survive liftoff. I'm also certain it wouldn't have the power efficiency for function to survive the months in deep space it takes for travel. It just wasn't developed for space exploration. Also, there is the issue of radiation. Sensitive hi def gear simply cant take that kind of heat. Given time and technological advances we will be seeing bigger and better pics in the future. Keep looking up!

[biose7en]

Hermoso

[KarbineKyle]

Standing on other worlds, is one of MY most mind-blowing feelings! The Universe is beautiful & chaotic, I SAY... Iapetus is 1 of THE MOST mysterious worlds! It has an unusual "lollipop/walnut-like" shape. It's as if 2 hemispheres of 2 worlds collided, giving it that shape. The dark material looks like some kind of metal oxide. Maybe Aluminum-26 (radioisotope) burned off ice on its dark side? It also has a slow synchronous rotation & its dark side reflects ~5% sunlight.

I LOVE Science! THUMBS UP!

[TachieBillano]

This moon is so cute and weird. It looks like someone dipped a giant walnut in white chocolate. And then suddenly decided to create a Death Star design on it. LOL

[solothyrn]

Thats not a moon.

[abubacar]

@solothyrn

Its a space station..... XD

[Ramshobraja]

Yay for 7 more yearsnof cassini. Absolutely breathtaking photos.

[cattoy42]

What, exactly, is our "place in evolution"?

[PICLex]

here

[Randomnick123]

1:19 omg it a deathstar!

[mikimaster48]

Interesting but kinda jerky. Difficult to watch.

[bassmande]

Just imagine how long it took us from the moment our star was born to the day when you see these pictures! And where are we going now? Will we finally accept our place in evolution and then act according to it??

[nutier]

it's so cool ! great work for sending it to people . Thank you for sharing .

nutier

[Robfoxman]

please slow it down next time.

[solverh]

Oh, shit. Its the Death Star!

[mintwithahole]

Its a moon! So what? Can someone please show me where the unnatural anomalies are?

[EnterNameH3r3]

there are ridges on the equatorial line, making it look kinda like a walnut. plus, half of the moon is bright as ice, while the other half is coated with a dark material which astronomers believe is some dark form of coal. besides that, its kinda neat seeing moons from other planets in our solar system. =)

[phdhbtdsmmm]

That's no moon... it's a Space Station.

[artofnick]

@phdhbtdsmmm if you want to see the real death star moon look up Mimas on Google images.

[dizzib]

how strange and beautiful, so full of mystery

[krakken242]

@dizzib and history. Truly fascinating. I can't wait to learn more!

[brownpau]

Great work putting them all together! I'm posting this to SpaceGet.

- from the guy who did the Iapetus flyover GIF

[Rob187ok]

Checking the raw images from the september 10 o7 flyby is exiting when you see what can only be described as some non-natural landscape features. Someone or something has been very buisy on that strange moon.

[tomi71]

Hyvä hyvä!