Emily Lakdawalla • Sep 12, 2007
Iapetus closest approach images are online!!!
I've been pounding the refresh button all day long, hoping to see the images from Cassini. A friend on the team gave me a sneak peek at two amazing ones earlier today, so I was hoping and hoping to see them, but it wasn't until now -- almost 9:30 pm my time, bedtime, really, because I have a 13-month-old alarm clock that will be waking me up at 5:30 tomorrow -- but how could I possibly go to bed with such bizarre and strange images beginning to pile on to the screen?
It is way too late for me to do anything much sensible with these pictures. Only thing I can do is post a few. I won't be able to do much with the images tomorrow, either, unfortunately, as I have the baby with me all day. But I'll do what I can when I can.
First, one that I can actually explain, even while tired. This one proves that impacts CAN punch through the dark material to brighter stuff underneath.