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Titanian Dunes
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Original caption:"Large areas of this Cassini synthetic aperture radar image of Titan are covered by long, dark ridges. They resemble the "cat scratches" seen in other places on Titan, but here they are longer and straighter. Spaced about 1 to 2 Km apart, they curve slightly around teardrop-shaped bright terrain, giving the impression of a Japanese garden of sand raked around boulders. The bright material appears to be high-standing rough material that the ridges bend around. This suggests that the ridges are dunes that winds have blown across the surface of Titan from left to right (roughly West to East).
This image was taken during the ninth Titan flyby on Oct. 28, 2005, (the fourth flyby for Cassini's synthetic aperture radar), at a distance of about 1300 Km (about 800 miles).
The image covers an area roughly 140 by 200 Km. It is located 13° South Lat. and 300° West Long.".
Nota: il vero mistero è 'dove' e 'come' la NASA abbia visto ed interpretato i rilievi in questione come possibili dune...
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