I'm Bill.
This is a Science/Science Fiction blog. I make Gifs, I edit astrophotography. you will find these things here, as well as original photography by me.I work in TV and film, I do mostly art related stuff, and I vaguely look like that guy who peeked his head in at the beginning of original Dawn of the Dead
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Saturn’s Dynamic Atmosphere
and Cosmic Bulls-eye
Photographed by Cassini
NASA/SSI
False-color image of Saturn’s Atmosphere
Methane is represented here by Blue and Green.
Images from Cassini/SSI/NASA images taken on Feb 28th
Processed by me on flickr
The Encke Gap, the A ring, the Keeler Gap, and the F Ring
40 or so frames from the Cassini Orbiter
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn on the dark side; a disturbance in the F Ring
Light from the rings reaches the planet surface long after the sun sets on Saturn
images from Cassini Nasa/SSI
Saturn Colorization by Will Charbish on Flickr
Source images taken by the Cassini Spacecraft/NASA
Completely gratuitous Saturn appreciation post.
Saturn’s Hex Storm in enhanced color
4 layers: Red, Green, and Blue all represented naturally, with high wavelength VIO in the blues.
The Hexagonal shape of Saturn’s northern polar region still amazes me. Even If these shapes are naturally occurring in fluid dynamics, imagining those same concepts can be applied to the entire northern region of a Gas Giant as large as Saturn is insane.
Raw images taken by Cassini. Image credit: NASA, JPL, Space Science Institute
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Mimas and Prometheus
A series of images from the Cassini orbiter taken in October 2008 showing the Inner moon Mimas eclipsing smaller Prometheus.
Also an edit of a Raw image of Mimas’ famous death star crater. I mean Hershel Crater. Which, had the impact which created it been bigger, might have completely shattered the moon.
Image Credit:NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn’s North Polar Vortex
Seen by Cassini
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawimagedetails/index.cfm?imageID=273987
Dione- In and Out of Color
The 15th largest moon in the Solar System, Dione is seen here imaged by the Cassini Spacecraft with Saturn looming large in the background.
The top two images are False-color composites I’ve created out of the last three frames of the Gif below them. These images are shot in succession at set intervals, so the images don’t align exactly. When I colorized these frames I was able to “focus” the colorization on either Saturn in the background, or Dione in the foreground. Both are pictured.
The Gif Below the Images was made from 10 Raw files taken From Cassini’s database. The images weretaken on May 02, 2012 and received on Earth May 03, 2012. The camera was pointedtoward DIONE at approximately 52,418 miles (84,358 kilometers) away, and the images weretaken using the CL1 and CL2filters,meaning all but the last 3 rapid succession images were taken with nofilterson the lens.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
More of my Colorization and animation:
False color mosaic from Saturn’s shadow
A false color mosaic of 12 images from Cassini. Infrared represented here as well as ultraviolet.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Edit Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamc_bishop/
Saturn’s shadow slices
If you look close, you will see a moon pass by in the lower left hand corner, and the dynamic F Ring dancing on the outer edge.
Image source: Cassini NASA/JPL
Titan Series
This is a series of raw images from the Cassini Spacecraft. They show the moon Titan, Saturn’s largest. This sequence includes images of varying filters, which gives rise to the “flicker.” I think the flicker makes it look like an organism.
source images from NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Ringside
Orbiting in the plane of Saturn’s rings, Dione and the other icy saturnian moons have a perpetual ringside view of the gorgeous gas giant planet. Of course, while passing through the ring plane the Cassini spacecraft also shares their stunning perspective. The rings themselves can be seen slicing across the bottom of this Cassini snapshot. Remarkably thin, the bright rings still cast arcing shadows across the planet’s cloud tops. Pale Dione, in the foreground, is about 1,100 kilometers across and orbits over 300,000 kilometers from the visible outer edge of the A ring.
Credit : Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
(Source: spaceplasma)
Irregularities in the Encke Gap
The most prominent gap in Saturn’s A Ring, the Encke Gap, is home to the innermost natural satellite of the Saturnian system, Pan. This animated Gif of raw images taken from Cassini, highlights the gravitational effects that Pan has on the A ring, and the material within the Encke Gap itself.
