Raw Cassini images now available!

[chris]

Check them out here:

http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ ... /index.cfm

--Chris

[Evil Dr Ganymede]

Though it would appear that some images are missing - for example, I couldn't find any of the images that were made into the recent Titan rotation movie on the CICLOPS site - there's a big gap between about June 2nd and June 20th. Though most of the Phoebe images we've seen so far seem to be there.

I'd be very surprised if they did release all the images - there's supposed to be a data embargo period of a few months for the scientists on the team to get papers out. I would have expected these images to be out around the end of the year, not now. Hence I'm quite curious as to what they're playing at... (I do notice that most of the images of the satellites are overexposed - either they're still sitting on better images or they need to sort out the exposure time).

[HankR]

I believe the data embargo does not apply to the raw ISS images. At the Cassini press conference this morning they announced that they would begin posting their raw images on the web "soon". I think the Titan images are there now (but may not recognizable in their raw state). I doubt that they're sitting on any images.

One thing I think we'll realize from Cassini (if all goes well) is just how crippled Galileo was. Galileo did good science, but could return very few images compared to what we'll see from Cassini.

- Hank

[Evil Dr Ganymede]

Having worked on Galileo... oh yeah, believe me, I know full well just how crippled it was. The thought of all the data we couldn't get back from it still makes me want to weep.