First image of Titan's surface Released

This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg

Mike Reed wrote:

This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg


And then there's this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L27862D3A

--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

To reply have a physician remove your spleen

What, does your cursor not work on big clicky things? Get over it.

Greg Crinklaw wrote:
Mike Reed wrote:

This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg


And then there's this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L27862D3A

--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

To reply have a physician remove your spleen

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:30:49 -0700, Greg Crinklaw
wrote:

Mike Reed wrote:

This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg


And then there's this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L27862D3A

Deja Vu of the Russian Venera probe on Venus.

"Mike Reed" wrote

This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg

Wow! Looks like the Jersey shore on a very cloudy day!

Mike Reed wrote:

What, does your cursor not work on big clicky things? Get over it.

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

Mike Reed wrote:


This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg


And then there's this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L27862D3A

So I can't even post a link without getting reamed for it? Sheesh.

Anyhow, the reason I posted it is that something weird is going on. The
link I posted is the "first" first image that appeared at the ESA site.
It appears to be taken from near or on the ground... yet that doesn't
seem likely. And now your image (the "real" fist image?) has taken its
place on the main ESA page with the same caption. Very odd.

Did somebody screw up? Did ESA get hacked? Do they really have an
image from on the surface? I sure wish ESA would show their raw images
as they come in like NASA/JPL do.

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

Mike Reed wrote:

What, does your cursor not work on big clicky things? Get over it.

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

Mike Reed wrote:


This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg


And then there's this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L27862D3A


So I can't even post a link without getting reamed for it? Sheesh.

Anyhow, the reason I posted it is that something weird is going on. The
link I posted is the "first" first image that appeared at the ESA site.
It appears to be taken from near or on the ground... yet that doesn't
seem likely. And now your image (the "real" fist image?) has taken its
place on the main ESA page with the same caption. Very odd.

Did somebody screw up? Did ESA get hacked? Do they really have an
image from on the surface? I sure wish ESA would show their raw images
as they come in like NASA/JPL do.

Wait--there are more images there in the same directory. If you mess
with the image names in the long url you can get three images:

landing_01_H.jpg
landing_02_H.jpg
landing_02_H.jpg

The first one appears to have been taken on/near the ground. Either
that or Titan has very large boulders...

I apologize if somehow I'm not getting to the images correctly, but I
can't find a way to get to the other images from the main ESA page
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html, at least not
at the moment.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:10:52 -0700, Greg Crinklaw
wrote:
Anyhow, the reason I posted it is that something weird is going on. The
link I posted is the "first" first image that appeared at the ESA site.
It appears to be taken from near or on the ground... yet that doesn't
seem likely. And now your image (the "real" fist image?) has taken its
place on the main ESA page with the same caption. Very odd.

Did somebody screw up? Did ESA get hacked? Do they really have an
image from on the surface? I sure wish ESA would show their raw images
as they come in like NASA/JPL do.

Take a look at
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/index.cfm
for some raw images of Titan from Huygens. Three so far.

HTH,
Alan

Alan Baxter wrote:

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:10:52 -0700, Greg Crinklaw
wrote:

Anyhow, the reason I posted it is that something weird is going on. The
link I posted is the "first" first image that appeared at the ESA site.
It appears to be taken from near or on the ground... yet that doesn't
seem likely. And now your image (the "real" fist image?) has taken its
place on the main ESA page with the same caption. Very odd.

Did somebody screw up? Did ESA get hacked? Do they really have an
image from on the surface? I sure wish ESA would show their raw images
as they come in like NASA/JPL do.


Take a look at
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/index.cfm
for some raw images of Titan from Huygens. Three so far.

Yes, and all three images are now appearing on the ESA page as well. I
guess we just beat them to it by a bit. Too bad, considering these
images are already many hours old! I like the much more open way NASA
does things better. It's a shame the ESA culture is so much more guarded.

Greg

I thought you were trying to tell me I shold use that site for link
posts. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Greg Crinklaw wrote:
Greg Crinklaw wrote:

Mike Reed wrote:

What, does your cursor not work on big clicky things? Get over it.

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

Mike Reed wrote:


This image was taken from an altitude of 16km
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/496/050114huygens19bz.jpg


And then there's this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L27862D3A


So I can't even post a link without getting reamed for it? Sheesh.

Anyhow, the reason I posted it is that something weird is going on.
The
link I posted is the "first" first image that appeared at the ESA
site.
It appears to be taken from near or on the ground... yet that
doesn't
seem likely. And now your image (the "real" fist image?) has taken
its
place on the main ESA page with the same caption. Very odd.

Did somebody screw up? Did ESA get hacked? Do they really have an

image from on the surface? I sure wish ESA would show their raw
images
as they come in like NASA/JPL do.

Wait--there are more images there in the same directory. If you mess

with the image names in the long url you can get three images:

landing_01_H.jpg
landing_02_H.jpg
landing_02_H.jpg

The first one appears to have been taken on/near the ground. Either
that or Titan has very large boulders...

I apologize if somehow I'm not getting to the images correctly, but I

can't find a way to get to the other images from the main ESA page
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html, at least
not
at the moment.