Kola Superdeep Borehole
Great Blue Hole
Dean's Blue Hole
El Zacatón
Turkmenistan Darvaza Crater
I love hole :/
Would you love me if I was a worm. Not in the sense where I am testing your hypothetical devotion to me in a hypothetical relationship, but in a "would people like me better if I could not talk and was easily killable" way. Note the lack of a "still". The odd suggestion that I am not killable is not intended by the way; as a mortal I am very much able-to-be-killed. It would not be easy though. So we cycle back to the question. If I disappeared, would it be noticed? Of course. But if I were a worm - would that garner a better attitude towards my existence? Who knows.
Of course Saturn brought its ring light.
On June 25, 2023, our James Webb Space Telescope made its first near-infrared observations of Saturn. The planet itself appears extremely dark at this infrared wavelength, since methane gas absorbs almost all the sunlight falling on the atmosphere. The icy rings, however, stay relatively bright, leading to Saturn’s unusual appearance in this image.
This new image of Saturn clearly shows details within the planet’s ring system, several of the planet’s moons (Dione, Enceladus, and Tethys), and even Saturn’s atmosphere in surprising and unexpected detail.
These observations from Webb are just a hint at what this observatory will add to Saturn’s story in the coming years as the science team delves deep into the data to prepare peer-reviewed results.
Download the full-resolution image, both labeled and unlabeled, from the Space Telescope Science Institute.
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the sweet release of drinking a soda. Put me down for a nap carbonated beverage.