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Palomar7

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Cassini Haiku Sequence

Huygens upon
your finely instrumented
back; Saturn out-bound.

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Huygens, released,
descends through Titan's hazy
veil; rock-strewn vista.

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Marvel of geysers:
Blue-gray Enceladus with
cracks dubbed "Tiger Stripes."

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Hyperion: Weird
sponge-like moon, believed riddled
with hundreds of caves.

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Mimas: Small moon with
huge peaked crater, resembles
Vader's own Death Star.

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Seeming placid clouds -
peach, rose, soft yellow - mask wild
supersonic winds.

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Whether natural
light or infrared, Saturn's
rings are majestic.

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Fly beneath ring-plane,
swoop up to graze Saturn's bright
globe: Ah, such a ride!

(c) Cindy Medina

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JoshNH4H

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

This is wonderful, and I mean that--it fills me with wonder for the universe out there that we will hopefully someday get to see.

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-Josh

Palomar7

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

This is wonderful, and I mean that--it fills me with wonder for the universe out there that we will hopefully someday get to see.

Thank you. Agreed!

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JohnX

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

I regret that I haven't had time to follow this piece of Solar System exploration. Thank you for giving us a wonder-filled overview!

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wadewilson

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

it is wonderful haiku poem

Palomar7

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

Thank you for the compliments.

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clark

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

Unveil star filled eyes,
Wonder! This moment, too brief
Cassini, good night.

SpaceNut

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Registered: 2004-07-22

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Re: Cassini Haiku Sequence

Not a Haiku but memories of when we had a poetry section on the Wiki and in this old topic Mars Haiku competition!