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Huygens-Down-05.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 70 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)71 visiteAt an altitude of about 70 Km above the Surface, Huygens is inside the layer of complex organic condensate haze. Below that layer, the view becomes clearer. MareKromium 
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Huygens-Down-02.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 100 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)72 visiteThe true color of Titan's Sky at this altitude is expected to be slighly less vivid than in this rendering, but should nevertheless come close to it. The transparency of the atmosphere would also be slightly lower to the naked eye. MareKromium
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Huygens-Down-04.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 85 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)67 visiteAltitude: about 85 Km and still nearly two hours of descent are separating Huygens from the Surface of Titan.MareKromium
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Huygens-Down-01.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 110 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)68 visiteThe haze of Titan's Atmosphere preferently scatters blue and UltraViolet light: this is the reason why the Outer Atmosphere of Titan appears blue in some Cassini images. In reality, the effect of a blue outer atmosphere on Titan may be less prominent than on this rendered image.
This was the altitude were the main parachute was jettisoned and first surface structures came into view for Huygens' cameras.MareKromium
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Huygens-Down-03.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 90 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)72 visiteThe blue color of the sky slowly vanishes with decreasing distance to the Surface and is replaced by a brownish tint. Huygens is still above a layer of complex organic condensate haze, that prevents a clear view down to the Surface.MareKromium
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Huygens-Down-00.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 115 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)71 visiteThe Huygens Probe just jettisoned its Main-parachute and is now hanging under the smaller Stabiliser-parachute. This Stabiliser-parachute will carry Huygens for the next two hours all the way down to the Surface of Titan. MareKromium
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Huygens-Down-06.jpgHuygens' Descent to Titan: 40 Km from the Surface (credits: R. Pascal)80 visiteThis view represents the Adiri Region, as seen from an altitude of about 40 Km, but with the Sun in the West.MareKromium
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Fake_and_ugly.jpgA VERY bad "Artistic Interpretation"... Sigh!91 visite"...To the mind that is still, the whole Universe surrenders..."
Lao TzuMareKromium
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Titan-Malaska.jpgTitan's Fly-Over (by Mike Malaska)106 visiteQuesta "Visione" di Titano, da circa 150 Km di altitudine, per quanto bella e suggestiva, tanto - purtroppo e concettualmente - sbagliata. A nostro parere.
Perch? Da quale punto di vista?
Dal "solito": quello dell'illuminazione.
Questa "veduta", infatti, pu essere ragionevolissima per la Terra (chess, pensiamo al Mojave Desert, oppure alla Monument Valley); pu essere ragionevole per Marte (e qui diremmo che si pu pensare ed immaginare la Regione Equatoriale della Vallis Marineris Canyon System), ma per Titano, ad oltre un miliardo di Km dal Sole...
Peccato. Bel Lavoro Mike, ma hai cercato di "gratificare" troppo la NASA (solo "loro", infatti, ci propongono Titano con illuminazione simil-Terrestre) e, come sempre accade in questi casi, il risultato finale tanto bello, quanto irrealistico.
Try again!MareKromium
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