May 15th, 2018: Hyperion

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2018, 08:51 PM

Saturn's Hyperion in Natural Color from APOD.

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What lies at the bottom of Hyperion's strange craters? A six-image mosaic from the 2005 pass, featured here in natural color, shows a remarkable world strewn with strange craters and an odd sponge-like surface. At the bottom of most craters lies some type of unknown dark reddish material. This material appears similar to that covering part of another of Saturn's moons, Iapetus, and might sink into the ice moon as it better absorbs warming sunlight. Hyperion is about 250 kilometers across, rotates chaotically, and has a density so low that it likely houses a vast system of caverns inside.

Looks to me like the face of a fighter who’s been around too long.
Who could have been a contender, but who’s time has passed.

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Griff · 05-15-2018, 06:02 AM

Pretty sure we're talking alien mining.

Link not permanent btdubs.

lumberjim · 05-15-2018, 11:13 AM

The Shrike's tree must be on the other side.

Happy Monkey · 05-15-2018, 12:00 PM

I should read those again... It's been decades.

05-15-2018, 06:02 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pretty sure we're talking alien mining. Link not permanent btdubs. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-15-2018, 11:13 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The Shrike's tree must be on the other side. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-15-2018, 12:00 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I should read those again... It's been decades. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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