Topic: Colorful Holiday Treats from Saturn

[sam]

“Hey! Look what our Santa at Saturn has sent our way!” said Carolyn Porco, the Cassini imaging team lead, in a post on Twitter. This wonderful collection of just-released colorful images from the Saturn system are a holiday gift from the Cassini and CICLOPS (Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations)team.

http://www.universetoday.com/92070/colorful-holiday-treats-from-saturn/

[Rik]

I struggle with those images, Sam, they look so computer generated.

[sam]

alas but they ain't. I mean the colours might have been manipulated a little but that's the real thing. 

[Rik]

Or a very good artist's impression... 

[Clive]

Definitely the real deal Rik.  Even the Voyager images were stunning.   

[Rik]

The images from 2001 were good too, Clive.

[sam]

argh.

[Clive]

Philistines Sam.  The Bible says "cast not thy pearls before swine".  And we all know what Rik's appetite is like.   

[Simon]

[Rik]

Oink. 

[Clive]

Are you George Osborne now?   

[Rik]

It's my job to work his mouth and head while Rory Bremner does the voice.

[Clive]