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Offline Col. Fishguts

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on: July 27, 2004, 02:35:08 am
Newest picture of the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn:



Full article here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cgi?path=../multimedia/images/large-moons/images/PIA05423.jpg&type=image

Now, they say it's Saturns moon Mimas....but I think we better get our X-Wings ready anyway. ;)
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"I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it." - D. Lynch

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Offline Tiara

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Reply #1 on: July 27, 2004, 02:58:22 am
Every time a sattalite is launched these kind of pictures come in...

For example, this appeared on the website a few days ago;

I AM GOD! AND I SHALL SMITE THEE!



...because I can :drevil:
 

Offline Col. Fishguts

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Reply #2 on: July 27, 2004, 03:05:29 am
and what's there too see, except some nice sun flares ?
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Reply #3 on: July 27, 2004, 03:07:30 am
up yours! :D

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Reply #4 on: July 27, 2004, 03:14:06 am
ROFL!
  

Offline Gloriano

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Reply #5 on: July 27, 2004, 03:25:48 am
Rofl :lol: heh good one
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #6 on: July 27, 2004, 03:27:00 am
Carl: That's a PS job, innit?
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

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Offline karajorma

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Reply #7 on: July 27, 2004, 03:37:29 am
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The second I saw that I though Starborn!. Okay they don't look humanoid but if they did I wouldn't bother with trying to figure out how to represent them. That pic would be perfect. :D
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Reply #8 on: July 27, 2004, 03:44:26 am
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Carl: That's a PS job, innit?


If it's not, then God really did leave messages in the stars ;)
 

Offline Dark_4ce

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Reply #9 on: July 27, 2004, 04:10:58 am
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DEVIL!!!:eek:
I have returned... Again...
 

Offline Carl

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Reply #10 on: July 27, 2004, 04:16:10 am
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Carl: That's a PS job, innit?


nope. it's part of the keyhole nebula. do a google search. every pic you get will have it. cool, huh?
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Reply #11 on: July 27, 2004, 04:36:08 am
That solar flare (I think) pic is amazing! The scary part is that it looks like it's got eyes and is looking down and to the left. :)
 

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Reply #12 on: July 27, 2004, 04:37:34 am
I thought it was supposed to be a hand reaching out of the sun...

Meh. I've seen more better effects.
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Reply #13 on: July 27, 2004, 04:41:52 am
woooooooooow
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Reply #14 on: July 27, 2004, 04:53:56 am
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Meh. I've seen more better effects.


...more...more better.
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Offline Setekh

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Reply #15 on: July 27, 2004, 05:05:42 am
What is that flare meant to look like? I can't make it out. :nervous:
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Reply #16 on: July 27, 2004, 05:10:27 am
It's like looking at clouds ;)

Personally, I can see something that looks similar to the bad guys' death scene in Terminator 2 :D
 

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Reply #17 on: July 27, 2004, 05:12:19 am
Proof that speech declines with sleep.

Jus' y'all wayet 'til ah staut taulkin laike uh gawsh-dauhned yankeh! :p

Productive comment: You can sort of see the Tau'ri symbol from Stargate in it; the two legs are on the left, the big dot on the right.
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Offline Col. Fishguts

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Reply #18 on: July 27, 2004, 06:34:19 am
Maybe the lady with the axe will enllighten us, what she sees in it ?
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Reply #19 on: July 27, 2004, 06:57:51 am
Hmmmmmmmm... Apparently, Titan is most likely covered by lakes of ethane and methane.

No Smoking planet I take it? ;)
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