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Titan-PIA11479.jpgTitan (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)61 visiteCaption NASA:"Caption NASA:"This Cassini Spacecraft image affords a view of Titan's South Polar Region: an area home to one of Titan's hydrocarbon "Lake Districts".
Titan's South Pole is illuminated to the right of the Terminator, near the bottom of the visible disk. The dark area near the bottom, in Titan's Mid-Southern Latitudes, is Mezzoramia.
The wider, darker region near the Equator is named Senkyo. A "Lake District" (see also PIA11147) containing what scientists believe are lakes of hydrocarbons has been found surrounding Titan's South Pole.
Lit Terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing Side of Titan. North on Titan is up and rotated 27° to the right.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 15, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of Near-InfraRed Light centered at 938 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 1,2 MKM (such as about 746.000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 55°.
Image scale is roughly 7 Km (about 4 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11501.jpgSouth Polar "Tropospheric Cloud Streaks" (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)61 visiteCaption NASA:"The Tropospheric Clouds seen in the lower left of the image are located at 45 to 55° South Latitude on Titan, and the streaks of the clouds are oriented East-West.
This view looks toward the South Pole of Titan. The South Pole lies near the Terminator about a quarter of the way inward from the Planet's limb at the bottom of this image. Lit terrain seen here is on the Leading Hemisphere of Titan.
This image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 24, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-InfraRed Light centered at 938 nanometers. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 1.1 MKM (about 684.000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 78°. Image scale is 7 Km (a little more than 4 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11508.jpgTitan in Eclipse54 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini spacecraft captured this image of a dimly lit Titan as Saturn's largest moon was eclipsed by the Planet.
This view looks up toward the South Pole of Titan which lies on the Terminator about a quarter of the way inward from the right of the visible disk. Lit terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing side of Titan. In Saturn's shadow, the Southern Hemisphere of Titan is lit by two sources: sunlight scattered through the Planet's Rings and refracted sunlight passing through the edge of Saturn's Atmosphere.
Stars in this image are smeared by the long camera exposure time of 560" needed to capture the faint light on Titan. The image was taken in Visible Light with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on May 7, 2009. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 667.000 Km (about 414.000 miles) from Titan and at a Phase Angle of 58°.
Image scale is roughly 40 Km (about 25 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11522.jpgSenkyo (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)57 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft examines the dark region of Senkyo on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Senkyo is in the center of the image, and it lies just south of the moon's equator. For an earlier view of this Region, see PIA08231.
Lit terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing side of Titan. North on Titan is up and rotated 6° to the left.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 21, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-InfraRed Light centered at 938 nanometers.
The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 994.000 Km (about 618.000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 63°.
Image scale is roughly 6 Km (a little less than 4 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11526.jpgTitan's "Atmospheric Halo" (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)61 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft looks down on Titan's North Pole and unveils the moon's upper-most Atmospheric Hazes, creating the appearance of a halo around Saturn's largest moon.
Terrain seen here is on the Trailing Hemisphere of Titan, which is facing Saturn. This view is centered on 54° North Latitude and 251° West Longitude.
Titan's north pole lies on the Terminator, about one-third of the way inward from the top of the image.
The image was taken in Violet Light with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on May 21, 2009. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 147.000 Km (such as about 91.000 miles from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 121°.
Image scale is roughly 9 Km (a little les than 6 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11542.jpgEnchanted Titan (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)57 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft looks toward Fensal and Aztlan, two dark areas near the Equator of Titan.
Like other albedo features on Titan, these areas are named after enchanted places or paradises from legends and myths from the World's Cultures. Fensal, the name of the area on the left, is a magnificent mansion in Norse mythology. Aztlan, the name of the dark area on the right of the image, is an Aztec mythical land.
Lit Terrain seen here is mostly on the Leading Hemisphere of Titan. North on Titan is up and rotated 38° to the left.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 25, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of Near-InfraRed light centered at 938 nanometers.
The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 1,3 MKM (about 808.000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 25°.
Image scale is roughly 8 Km (about 5 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11548.jpgCrescent Titan (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL/SSI)61 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft looks down on the North Pole of Titan, showing night and day in the Northern Hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon.
This view is centered on terrain at about 49° North Latitude, 243° West Longitude. The North Pole of Titan is rotated about 23° to the left and it lies on the Terminator above and to the left of the center of the image.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this Natural Color view of Titan. The images were obtained with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on June 6, 2009 at a distance of approx. 194.000 Km (such as about 121.000 miles) from Titan.
Image scale is roughly 11 Km (a little less than 7 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11560.jpgTitan (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)66 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft charts a quartet of dark albedo features on the moon Titan. From upper left to lower right of the image are Fenzal, Aztlan, Aaru and Senkyo.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Titan; North is up and rotated 16° to the right.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 9, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 938 nanometers. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 1,2 MKM (such as about 746.000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 26°.
Image scale is 7 kilometers (4 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11567.jpgTitan's Atmosphere... (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)71 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft looks at Saturn's largest moon, Titan, revealing its halo-like ring formed in the upper hazes of the moon's extensive Atmosphere.
This view looks toward the darkened Leading Hemisphere of Titan, but lit terrain seen here is on on the Trailing Hemisphere and anti-Saturn side of the moon.
The moon's North Pole lies on the Terminator between the illuminated and unilluminated parts of the moon. The Pole is rotated 11° to the right in this image.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 5, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of UltraViolet light centered at 338 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 1,3 MKM (about 808.000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 148°.
Image scale is roughly 8 Km (about 5 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11594.jpgNorthern Layers (UV + Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visiteCaption NASA:"This UltraViolet view of Titan shows the moon's North Polar "Hood" (---> cappuccio) and its detached, high-altitude haze layer. See also PIA08137 to learn more.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Titan.
North on Titan is up and rotated 2° to the left.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 13, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of UltraViolet Light centered at 338 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 2,2 MKM (about 1,4 MMs) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 61°.
Image scale is roughly 26 Km (about 16 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11603.jpgSeasonal Changes on Titan (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)54 visiteSeasonal changes in the Atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon are captured in this Natural Color image, which shows Titan with a slightly darker top half and a slightly lighter bottom half.
Titan's Atmosphere has a seasonal hemispheric dichotomy, and this image was taken shortly after Saturn's August 2009 Equinox.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this Natural Color view.
Scientists have found that the Winter Hemisphere typically appears to have more high-altitude haze, making it darker at shorter wavelengths (UltraViolet through blue) and brighter at InfraRed wavelengths.
The switch between dark and bright occurred over the course of a year or two around the last Equinox. Scientists are studying the mechanism responsible for this change, and will monitor the dark-light difference as it flip-flops now that the 2009 Equinox has signaled the coming of Spring and then Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Although this hemispheric boundary appears to run directly East-West near the Equator, its position is not level with latitude and is actually offset from the Equator by about 10° of Latitude.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Titan. North on Titan is up.
The images were obtained with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on Aug. 25, 2009 at a distance of approx. 174.000 Km (such as about 108.000 miles) from Titan.
Image scale is roughly 10 Km (a little more than 6 miles) per pixel.MareKromium
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Titan-PIA11610.jpgEclipsed Titan (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)65 visiteCaption NASA:"Titan becomes obscured as it moves into eclipse by Saturn. Using a camera filter sensitive to Near-InfraRed light, this image manages to show albedo features on the moon. For a view of Titan in eclipse taken in visible light, see PIA11508.
As it moves into Saturn's shadow, Titan is lit by two sources. Most of the light comes from refracted Sunlight passing through the edge of Saturn's Atmosphere, but Sunlight reflected off the Planet's Rings also reaches the moon.
This view looks toward the Trailing Hemisphere of Titan. North on Titan is up and rotated 28° to the left.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Sept. 11, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of Near-InfraRed light centered at 938 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 2,5 MKM (such as about 1,6 MMs) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 85°.
Image scale is roughly 15 Km (a little more than 9 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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