Ecneladus as seen by the Cassini spacecraft. Here is my favorite.
Okay, there are actually three objects in this picture. First you will notice an edge on viewof Saturn's rings. The big dark circle with a ring of light is Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
Titan has a thick atmosphere that scatters sunlight making that distinctive ring. Then you
will see the small dark moon Enceladus about 2 O'clock on the ring of light around Titan.
Since we see the Sun eclipsed, we are looking at the night side of both of the Moons.
Be sure to check out the entire collection of pictures.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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I am a first grade student teacher doing my first unit on Outer Space. I am having trouble deciding what to incorporate into the unit considering these kids are only 6 and 7 years old. My unit needs to be general enough to include the moon, the sun, the stars, comets, and the planets. I find your posts to be so interesting! Do you have any suggestions for material that would be appropriate for kids and also interesting?
Hale, keep posting these, I do learn from them. Plus I always thought Space was cool.
Awesome picture. Alone they are very cool. With your description and explanation, they are amazing. Thanks.
Once again,awesome pics hale! I especially liked pic# 9. Looked like a snowball was being tossed.
Nic, you might tray the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, one of the premiers astronomy education organizations around. They have a page of educational activities on the web. Click on the topic you are interested in and look at the lists. The are all labeled as appropriate for elementary, middle school, high school or any grade level. That should keep you busy for a while!
As long as I keep finding these, I will keep posting them! And we have an embrassment of riches these days it seems.
Thank you! Very helpful!
Cool pics HB
Amazing pictures
I agree with stu, space is cool. I know it is very, very expensive to "do" space, but it's a pittance compared to what we spend on war. And the benefits are amazing. So much of our technology was first developed in space exploration. It's one area where trickle-down definitely works.
I also agree with the general assessment of hale's blogs. Always interesting and informative. Often beautiful.
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