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Michael Benson’s Planetary Landscapes
Michael Benson’s Planetary Landscapes - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
Michael Benson’s Planetary Landscapes
Michael Benson’s Planetary Landscapes - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
Take a Look at Titan!
Color-composite image of Saturn and Titan from Cassini data (NASA/JPL/SSI) Here’s a great shot of Titan and Saturn acquired by Cassini on May 6, 2012 just after a pass by the haze-covered moon. It’s a color-composite made from images taken in Cassini’s red, green and blue color channels, and the resulting image was color adjusted a bit to appear more “Saturny”.
APOD: 2012 June 13 - A Venus Transit Over the Baltic Sea
Waiting years and traveling kilometers -- all to get a shot like this. And even with all of this planning, a good bit of luck was helpful. As the Sun rose over the Baltic Sea last Wednesday as seen from Fehmarn Island in northern Germany, photographer Jens Hackmann was ready for the very unusual black dot of Venus to appear superimposed. Less expected were the textures of clouds and haze that would tint different levels of the Sun various shades of red.