Two Days On Triton

I made this when I was on Triton, Neptune's largest moon, in 2085 AD. It is time-lapse (3000x real-time) looking West, 99 km West of Mahilani Plume, over the course of two Triton days (about 12 days Earth-time).

Because of certain aspects of Triton's tilt and rotation and because of its orbital inclination of 157° up above and down below Neptune in retrograde, from this vantage point Neptune seems to set and then rise over and over in a loop with moons spinning round it going the opposite way we are.

You'll see two peeks of our distant sun on the right. The galaxy, our Milky Way, goes by in the background twice.

Music is from a 2007 piece titled "Lives of the Bloated Gas Giant Suns". Made using Starry Night Pro 4.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Neptune
• Triton
• Astronomy
• Planets
• Science
• Time
• Travel
• CGI

[KarbineKyle]

@flymanwebster About Neptune's moon Triton: It's VERY far away! Thanks for the reply! Sorry I don't reply fast, as I'm not on my PC a lot, plus it's not working right, but I meant an unmanned mission to the outer planets and moons. A manned mission to a world like Triton would be the hardest and most expensive mission by mankind. I meant unmanned missions too. We could send an orbiter and probe, much like the Cassini-Huygens mission. I agree with you, it's very expensive! Well, have a great day!

[flymanwebster]

@KarbineKyle you are so enthousiastic but there are many restrictions like costs and unhability for humans to travel so far

[KarbineKyle]

Great Job! Triton is so unusual! It's geologically active too, so to me, it should be a moon of interest, like Io, Europa, Enceladus, and Titan. It should be explored! Only Voyager 2 has gotten a glimpse of it, and that was over 20 years ago! Our technology is so much better now! I say NASA should check it out more! There are so many mysterious worlds in our Solar System we've never stepped foot on, except our moon, and that was over 40 years ago! What are we waiting for? Let's go already!

[gqdr77]

awesome!

[steenodde77]

Good work

[BeastSlaye1]

Wow, that's cool :D