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The "White Clouds" of Titan
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Caption NASA originale:"This image depicts Saturn's moon Titan as seen by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) after the closest approach of July 22, 2006 (fly-by n. 16).
The image was generated using the 5 micron wavelength for red, the 2 micron wavelength for green and the 1,2 micron wavelength for blue. The clouds are of the same type seen previously and reported in the journal "Science".
The image shows the clouds spreading out along the 40° South Latitude line.
This image was taken from a distance of about 160.000 Km (roughly 99.000 miles) from Titan".
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