Spectacular new image of Mimas, large crater:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

It's like looking out of a port window of a spacecraft right next to it!

let's go! i'm in!

is that a MINING FACILITY in the upper left corner of the crater? 😲😲😲

Originally posted by zeeblebot
is that a MINING FACILITY in the upper left corner of the crater? 😲😲😲

that link changes every day. today it's pointing to a nice panorama of the Milky Way:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100517.html

here's the Mimas picture:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100511.html

Originally posted by sonhouse
You did see there were two lines of poor focus, one horizontal the other vertical at the bottom of the crater. One thing that stands out for me is the line of dark material around the bottom of the cliffs around the crater, see that stuff?

Originally posted by zeeblebot
that link changes every day. today it's pointing to a nice panorama of the Milky Way:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100517.html

here's the Mimas picture:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100511.html

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Nice pic, but not the Milky Way unless they've got a really fast spaceship that they're not telling us about!

oops ... i was close!

"The band of NGC 4631 not only appears similar to band of our own Milky Way Galaxy, but its size is truly similar to our Milky Way as well. "