Posted on Jun 20, 2020
APOD: 2020 June 20 - Northern Summer on Titan
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Northern Summer on Titan." Our concept of 'season' depends a lot on where we are located. The upcoming solstice on planet Earth looks much different on Titan, the largest moon orbiting the planet Saturn. For example, from Titan's surface Saturn would appear 11.4 times larger than the Moon appears from Earth. In this image taken from about 317,000 miles by the Cassini spacecraft, about two weeks after its northern summer began, the near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's dense, hazy atmosphere. Below the clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near its fully illuminated north pole.
APOD: 2020 June 20 - Northern Summer on Titan
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Good "Saturday" Morning my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - thanks for sharing the awesome APOD this morning titled: "Northern Summer on Titan." - I hope you have a great Saturday and the rest of the weekend Bill!
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Happy Father's Day and belated thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) fro Saturday, June 20, 2020 entitled "Northern Summer on Titan."
Image: Northern Summer on Titan - Image Credit - Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
APOD background "Explanation: Today's solstice brings summer to planet Earth's northern hemisphere. But the northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet Saturn over three years ago on May 24, 2017. Orbiting the gas giant, Saturn's moon Titan experiences the Saturnian seasons that are about 7 Earth-years long. Larger than inner planet Mercury, Titan was captured in this Cassini spacecraft image about two weeks after its northern summer began. The near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's dense, hazy atmosphere as seen from a distance of about 507,000 kilometers. Below the clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near its fully illuminated north pole."
Eklo - Northern Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khw0dKWthpQ
Happy Father's Day to each dad and the ladies who gave birth to the children.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CW5 Jack Cardwell SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik SPC Nancy Greene Cynthia Croft SSG Michael Noll SGT Steve McFarland Maj Marty Hogan Alan K. SP5 Jim Curry SP5 Mark Kuzinski Maj Robert Thornton CPT Paul Whitmer PO3 Lynn Spalding SGT Denny Espinosa PO1 H Gene Lawrence
Image: Northern Summer on Titan - Image Credit - Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
APOD background "Explanation: Today's solstice brings summer to planet Earth's northern hemisphere. But the northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet Saturn over three years ago on May 24, 2017. Orbiting the gas giant, Saturn's moon Titan experiences the Saturnian seasons that are about 7 Earth-years long. Larger than inner planet Mercury, Titan was captured in this Cassini spacecraft image about two weeks after its northern summer began. The near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's dense, hazy atmosphere as seen from a distance of about 507,000 kilometers. Below the clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near its fully illuminated north pole."
Eklo - Northern Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khw0dKWthpQ
Happy Father's Day to each dad and the ladies who gave birth to the children.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CW5 Jack Cardwell SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik SPC Nancy Greene Cynthia Croft SSG Michael Noll SGT Steve McFarland Maj Marty Hogan Alan K. SP5 Jim Curry SP5 Mark Kuzinski Maj Robert Thornton CPT Paul Whitmer PO3 Lynn Spalding SGT Denny Espinosa PO1 H Gene Lawrence
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2020 June 20 - Northern Summer on Titan
In today's image, we see Titan - the largest moon of Saturn. Titan is the only large moon in the solar system and has an atmosphere composed primarily of nit...
Happy Father's Day to each dad and the ladies who gave birth to the children.
2020 June 20 - Northern Summer on Titan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMMY-7BXh7Q
FYI TSgt David L. SCPO Morris Ramsey SFC (Join to see) CH (MAJ) William Beaver SFC Richard WilliamsonSPC Randy ZimmermanSPC Richard (Rick) Henry
SSG Pete FishCPT Daniel CoxSFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
SP5 Jeannie CarlePO1 Robert GeorgeSSG Robert Mark OdomSSG Franklin Briant1stsgt Glenn Brackin1SG Steven ImermanSSG Samuel KermonSP5 Geoffrey Vannerson
LCDR Clark PatonFN Randy Bohlke
2020 June 20 - Northern Summer on Titan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMMY-7BXh7Q
FYI TSgt David L. SCPO Morris Ramsey SFC (Join to see) CH (MAJ) William Beaver SFC Richard WilliamsonSPC Randy ZimmermanSPC Richard (Rick) Henry
SSG Pete FishCPT Daniel CoxSFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
SP5 Jeannie CarlePO1 Robert GeorgeSSG Robert Mark OdomSSG Franklin Briant1stsgt Glenn Brackin1SG Steven ImermanSSG Samuel KermonSP5 Geoffrey Vannerson
LCDR Clark PatonFN Randy Bohlke
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