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Looking for Clouds... (IR - natural - but enhanced - colors; credits: Lunexit)
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Caption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft peeks through the murk of Titan's thick atmosphere in a search for clouds. Although there are no obvious cloud features in this view, bright cloud streaks have occasionally been seen by Cassini and Earth-based telescopes in the region seen here toward the bottom of Titan's disk. Repeated monitoring observations like this one help scientists build an understanding of Titan's weather and the various climate processes operating on this frigid, but remarkably Earth-like moon.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing Side of Titan (5150 kilometers, or 3200 miles across). North is up and rotated 35° to the left.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Sept. 25, 2008 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of Infrared Light centered at 938 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 1,7 MKM (such as about 1 MMs) from Titan.
Image scale is roughly 10 Km (approx. 6 miles) per pixel".
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(Dettagli)
