Posted on Jan 9, 2021
APOD: 2021 January 9 - Titan: Moon over Saturn
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Titan: Moon over Saturn." Captured in May 2012, this imagery from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Cassini spacecraft shows Titan above Saturn's rings and cloudtops. Like our Moon, Titan keeps the same face toward Saturn during its orbit. What we are looking at, then, is the outward face of Titan. It is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere, and the only world besides Earth that has standing bodies of liquid, including rivers, lakes and seas, on its surface. The landing site for the Cassini-delivered Huygens probe rests below and left of center in a region called Shangri-La (from the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton).
APOD: 2021 January 9 - Titan: Moon over Saturn
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, January 9, 2021 entitled "Titan: Moon over Saturn"
Image: Titan - Moon over Saturn - Image Credit - NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute
Black & White photography captures nuances that are blurred in color photographs IMHO.
APOD Background
"Explanation: Like Earth's moon, Saturn's largest moon Titan is locked in synchronous rotation. This mosaic of images recorded by the Cassini spacecraft in May of 2012 shows its anti-Saturn side, the side always facing away from the ringed gas giant. The only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere, Titan is the only solar system world besides Earth known to have standing bodies of liquid on its surface and an earthlike cycle of liquid rain and evaporation. Its high altitude layer of atmospheric haze is evident in the Cassini view of the 5,000 kilometer diameter moon over Saturn's rings and cloud tops. Near center is the dark dune-filled region known as Shangri-La. The Cassini-delivered Huygens probe rests below and left of center, after the most distant landing for a spacecraft from Earth."
Otis Spann - Moon Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdFYIkz2bk
FYI Maj Robert Thornton COL Mikel J. BurroughsPO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SPC Michael Terrell MSG Andrew White SFC Chuck Martinez CPT (Join to see) SPC Randy ZimmermanSGT John " Mac " McConnell
Image: Titan - Moon over Saturn - Image Credit - NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute
Black & White photography captures nuances that are blurred in color photographs IMHO.
APOD Background
"Explanation: Like Earth's moon, Saturn's largest moon Titan is locked in synchronous rotation. This mosaic of images recorded by the Cassini spacecraft in May of 2012 shows its anti-Saturn side, the side always facing away from the ringed gas giant. The only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere, Titan is the only solar system world besides Earth known to have standing bodies of liquid on its surface and an earthlike cycle of liquid rain and evaporation. Its high altitude layer of atmospheric haze is evident in the Cassini view of the 5,000 kilometer diameter moon over Saturn's rings and cloud tops. Near center is the dark dune-filled region known as Shangri-La. The Cassini-delivered Huygens probe rests below and left of center, after the most distant landing for a spacecraft from Earth."
Otis Spann - Moon Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdFYIkz2bk
FYI Maj Robert Thornton COL Mikel J. BurroughsPO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SPC Michael Terrell MSG Andrew White SFC Chuck Martinez CPT (Join to see) SPC Randy ZimmermanSGT John " Mac " McConnell
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LTC Stephen F.
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Apache (Indian) song - Tatanka // Indiánské písně - Tatanka
Apache song - Tatanka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoO3yga6Ln8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoO3yga6Ln8
FYI SSG Franklin BriantSgt John H.SGT (Join to see)SSG Jeffrey Leake SPC Matthew Lamb CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana SSG Samuel Kermon LTC Wayne Brandon Sgt (Join to see) PO2 (Join to see) MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson LTC (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SFC Don Vance Maj Marty Hogan] SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Another great APOD, good morning Bill.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price it is, nice and quiet which is just fine.
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