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Old 12-June-2004, 11:06 PM
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These two are from 89,000 miles and 48,000 miles away, respectively.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06066
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I understand why people aren't hanging around on the weekend to update the website, but I wish they'd post the close-ups.
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You can bet they are all staying at work oogling the images. Probably some 9-5 flunkie who posts the stuff to the web site and is off for the weekend. Also may simply take some time to stitch the good pics together and pick a couple to post. With Cassini passing so close to Phoebe they've undoubtedly got some huge images composed of a large number of stitched-together shots.
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Of course as soon as I post that they put up some new images. :blink:
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Yes, this new batch has some striking shots. I was interested in the shear crater wall on the big crater at the top of the whole-moon shot. That thing must be made of an interesting material to produce a crater like that.
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The batch that just came in has some very detailed shots showing some boulders that are the size of my house. The mosaic is impressive, but I'm not seeing much that makes it look different from the shots of Eros a few years back [I am aware that they are very different bodies, but the visual difference in B&W images is subtle].
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