Flyby of Hyperion by the Cassini spacecraft from November 2010. Movie composed of 61 frames taken with the narrow angle camera (NAC) through a variety of different filters.
Hyperion is so cool! Astronomy is truly an awesome field of science! I just wish we would put our funds and taxes into astronomy not ammo. We need to explore space as much as we can before we destroy ourselves and our planet! Maybe then mankind may appreciate the Earth more. I think we should go to Triton, the retrograde, geologically active moon of Neptune! Why not check it out? It may tell us if there is life in our Solar System (even though I do believe life is all over the Universe).
@TENJHOTENGE1 Also, it would have taken forever to transmit the data to Earth. The Cassini probe doesn't exactly have a fiber optic cable connecting it to the lab!
@TENJHOTENGE1 Because the pictures were taken to do science. A video camera wouldn't provide the resolution they need. Also, they took lots of different pictures with different filters to see the moon in different wavelengths of light (this is why the shading seems to change for no reason, especially at the end).
Hyperion is so cool! Astronomy is truly an awesome field of science! I just wish we would put our funds and taxes into astronomy not ammo. We need to explore space as much as we can before we destroy ourselves and our planet! Maybe then mankind may appreciate the Earth more. I think we should go to Triton, the retrograde, geologically active moon of Neptune! Why not check it out? It may tell us if there is life in our Solar System (even though I do believe life is all over the Universe).
KarbineKyle 10 months ago 2
Spudnik??
DatukMusic 1 year ago
Hey Saturn, my moon is better than your moon. - Earth. :P
Jkjk though it looks like an old overcooked potato.
stupidroro 1 year ago
We should nickname it Spud. Looks like a potato to me.
gmdinformation 1 year ago
@ianmtxvideo thumbs up if u just came from io9 :)
Jthechosenone 1 year ago
@AtomikNY thanks for the point. :)
TENJHOTENGE1 1 year ago
@ronpack Cool dude! I love how you take the time to tell me that.
MistaSantaClaus 1 year ago
@MistaSantaClaus
noone cares!
ronpack 1 year ago
@TENJHOTENGE1 Also, it would have taken forever to transmit the data to Earth. The Cassini probe doesn't exactly have a fiber optic cable connecting it to the lab!
AtomikNY 1 year ago
@TENJHOTENGE1 Because the pictures were taken to do science. A video camera wouldn't provide the resolution they need. Also, they took lots of different pictures with different filters to see the moon in different wavelengths of light (this is why the shading seems to change for no reason, especially at the end).
AtomikNY 1 year ago