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IR Map of Titan's Active (Cryovolcanic) Regions
This infrared projection map of Titan was composed from images taken by NASA's Cassini Spacecraft, Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. The location of two regions that changed in brightness are labeled. These regions are hypothesized by some to be areas of cryovolcanic activity on Titan. 

Rather than erupting molten rock, it is theorized that the cryovolcanoes of Titan would erupt volatiles such as Water, Ammonia and Methane. Scientists have suspected cryovolcanoes might be on Titan, and the Cassini mission has collected data on several previous passes of the moon that suggest their existence. Imagery of the moon has included a suspect haze hovering over flow-like surface formations, which are plausibly the result of icy volcanism. 
Some Cassini scientists indicate that such volcanism could release Methane from the interior, which explains Titan's seemingly continuous supply of fresh Methane. Without replenishment, scientists say, Titan's original Atmospheric Methane should have been exhausted long ago. 

This image is an overlay of all the high-resolution images from the first 45 flybys, up through last February 2007. The map was created using what 2,1 micron wavelength. Image scale is about 25 Km (approx. 16 miles) per pixel or 1,8 pixels per degree".
Parole chiave: Graphs, SPectra and IR + Radio Images

IR Map of Titan's Active (Cryovolcanic) Regions

This infrared projection map of Titan was composed from images taken by NASA's Cassini Spacecraft, Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. The location of two regions that changed in brightness are labeled. These regions are hypothesized by some to be areas of cryovolcanic activity on Titan.

Rather than erupting molten rock, it is theorized that the cryovolcanoes of Titan would erupt volatiles such as Water, Ammonia and Methane. Scientists have suspected cryovolcanoes might be on Titan, and the Cassini mission has collected data on several previous passes of the moon that suggest their existence. Imagery of the moon has included a suspect haze hovering over flow-like surface formations, which are plausibly the result of icy volcanism.
Some Cassini scientists indicate that such volcanism could release Methane from the interior, which explains Titan's seemingly continuous supply of fresh Methane. Without replenishment, scientists say, Titan's original Atmospheric Methane should have been exhausted long ago.

This image is an overlay of all the high-resolution images from the first 45 flybys, up through last February 2007. The map was created using what 2,1 micron wavelength. Image scale is about 25 Km (approx. 16 miles) per pixel or 1,8 pixels per degree".

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Nome album:MareKromium / Titan: The "Foggy" Moon
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Parole chiave:Graphs, / SPectra / and / IR / + / Radio / Images
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Data di inserimento:Dic 17, 2008
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