Ron
October 28th 04, 01:32 AM
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia06983.html
Titan's Complex Surface
October 27, 2004
This image taken by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer
clearly shows surface features on Titan. It is a composite of
false-color images taken at three infrared wavelengths: 2 microns
(blue); 2.7 microns (red); and 5 microns (green). A methane cloud can be
seen at the south pole (top of image). This picture was obtained as
Cassini flew by Titan at altitudes ranging from 100,000 to 140,000
kilometers (88,000 to 63,000 miles), less than two hours before the
spacecraft's closest approach. The inset picture shows the landing site
of Cassini's piggybacked Huygens probe.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard
cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The visible and
infrared mapping spectrometer team is based at the University of
Arizona, Tucson.
For the latest news about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
www.nasa.gov/cassini . For more information
about the mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov .
For more information about the visual and infrared mapping
spectrometer visit
http://wwwvims.lpl.arizona.edu/ .
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Titan's Complex Surface
October 27, 2004
This image taken by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer
clearly shows surface features on Titan. It is a composite of
false-color images taken at three infrared wavelengths: 2 microns
(blue); 2.7 microns (red); and 5 microns (green). A methane cloud can be
seen at the south pole (top of image). This picture was obtained as
Cassini flew by Titan at altitudes ranging from 100,000 to 140,000
kilometers (88,000 to 63,000 miles), less than two hours before the
spacecraft's closest approach. The inset picture shows the landing site
of Cassini's piggybacked Huygens probe.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard
cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The visible and
infrared mapping spectrometer team is based at the University of
Arizona, Tucson.
For the latest news about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
www.nasa.gov/cassini . For more information
about the mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov .
For more information about the visual and infrared mapping
spectrometer visit
http://wwwvims.lpl.arizona.edu/ .
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona