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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-18 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Imaging Science Subsystem
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The first global geologic map of Titan is based on radar and visible-light images from NASA's Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017.
PIA23174:
First Global Geologic Map of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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During its final targeted flyby of Titan on April 22, 2017, NASA's Cassini radar mapper got the mission's last close look at the moon's surface.
PIA21626:
Cassini's Final Titan Radar Swath
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 25, 2016, during its 'T-121' pass over Titan's southern latitudes. The image shows an area nicknamed the 'Xanadu annex' by members of the Cassini radar team.
PIA20714:
The 'Xanadu Annex' on Titan (Denoised)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 25, 2016, during its 'T-121' pass over Titan's southern latitudes. The image shows an area nicknamed the 'Xanadu annex' by members of the Cassini radar team.
PIA20712:
The 'Xanadu Annex' on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Hundreds of sand dunes are visible as dark lines snaking across the surface of Titan as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Radar Mapper.
PIA20711:
Flowing Dunes of Shangri-La (Denoised)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The Shangri-La Sand Sea on Titan is shown in this image from the Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR) on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Hundreds of sand dunes are visible as dark lines snake across the surface of Titan.
PIA20710:
Flowing Dunes of Shangri-La
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This synthetic-aperture radar image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its T-120 pass over Titan's southern latitudes on June 7, 2016.
PIA20709:
Ridge of Jagged Peaks on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This synthetic-aperture radar image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its T-120 pass over Titan's southern latitudes on June 7, 2016.
PIA20708:
A Titanic Labyrinth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan identifies the locations of mountains that have been named by the International Astronomical Union.
PIA20024:
Mountains of Titan Map - 2016 Update
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The trio of ridges on Titan known as Mithrim Montes is home to the hazy Saturnian moon's tallest peak. The mountain is located midway along the lower of the three ridges shown in this radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA20023:
Radar View of Titan's Tallest Mountains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-02 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from the Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the evolution of a transient feature in the large hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA20021:
Mystery Feature Evolves in Titan's Ligeia Mare
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Presented here are side-by-side comparisons of a traditional Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) view, at left, and one made using a new technique for handling electronic noise that results in clearer views of Titan's surface, at right.
PIA19054:
Leilah Fluctus Despeckled
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This montage from NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images of the surface of Titan shows four examples of how a newly developed technique for handling noise results in clearer, easier to interpret views.
PIA19053:
Titan Despeckled Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These views from NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) present a side-by-side comparisons of a traditional view and one made using a new technique called despeckling for handling electronic noise that results in clearer views of Titan's surface.
PIA19052:
Despeckling Ligea Mare
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image is presented as a perspective view and shows a landscape near the eastern shoreline of Kraken Mare, a hydrocarbon sea in Titan's north polar region.
PIA19051:
Perspective on Kraken Mare Shores
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini's radar instrument images show that a bright feature appeared in Kraken Mare, Titan's largest sea.
PIA19047:
Bright Feature Appears in Titan's Kraken Mare
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini radar data reveal the depth of a liquid methane/ethane sea on Saturn's moon Titan near the mouth of a large, flooded river valley.
PIA19046:
Plumbing Coastal Depths in Titan's Kraken Mare
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These three images, created from NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, show the appearance and evolution of a mysterious feature in Ligeia Mare, one of the largest hydrocarbon seas on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA18430:
Mysterious Changing Feature in Ligeia Mare
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a colorized flyover movie from NASA's Cassini mission shows the two largest seas on Saturn's moon Titan and nearby lakes. The liquid in Titan's lakes and seas is mostly methane and ethane.
PIA17656:
Flying over an Extraterrestrial Land of Lakes Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows the most complete view yet of Titan's northern land of lakes and seas. The liquid in Titan's lakes and seas is mostly methane and ethane.
PIA17655:
Titan's North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Ligeia Mare, shown here in a false color image from NASA's Cassini mission, is the second largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan. It is filled with liquid hydrocarbons, such as ethane and methane.
PIA17031:
Vast Ligeia Mare in False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These polar maps show the first global, topographic mapping of Saturn's moon Titan, using data from NASA's Cassini mission. To create these maps, scientists employed a mathematical process called splining.
PIA17030:
Polar Views of Titan's Global Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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To create the first global, topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, scientists analyzed data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and a mathematical process called splining.
PIA16849:
Two Views of Titan's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a 3-D tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in the solar system.
PIA16848:
Global Topographic Map of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Three new small lakes, 100 to 300 square miles (a few hundreds of square kilometers) in surface area, have been identified on Saturn's moon Titan in data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA16846:
A Sprinkling of Little Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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A dense network of small rivers or swampy areas appears to connect some of the seas on Saturn's moon Titan, as seen in this comparison of data of the same area from two instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA16845:
Titan Wetlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This set of images from the radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a relatively 'fresh' crater called Sinlap (left) and an extremely degraded crater called Soi (right).
PIA16638:
Titan Craters, the Old and the New
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Lakes on Saturn's moon Titan reflect radio waves in varying ways in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. If a lake is fully liquid, it looks dark, but if it is only partially liquid, it looks brighter.
PIA16635:
Different Looks for Titan Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan identifies the locations of mountains named by the International Astronomical Union. By convention, mountains on Titan are named for mountains from Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien.
PIA16598:
Mountains of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a vast river system on Saturn's moon Titan. It is the first time images from space have revealed a river system so vast and in such high resolution anywhere other than Earth.
PIA16197:
Titan's Nile-Like River Valley
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Titan's stable northern lake district.
PIA16167:
Titan's Lake District, One Season Later
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows an ancient southern sea that used to sprawl out near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. Within this basin is the largest present-day lake in Titan's southern hemisphere, Ontario Lacus.
PIA16166:
Outline of an Ancient Sea on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this image of a feature shaped like a hot cross bun in the northern region of Titan (left) that bears a striking resemblance to a similar feature on Venus (right).
PIA16165:
Titan's Hot Cross Bun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Terra
 ASTER
Radar Mapper
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Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the sizes and patterns of dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary as a function of altitude and latitude (left). Images of Earth dunes Oman and Kalahari are shown at right as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA15225:
Dune Patterns
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Impact craters are rare on Titan. Until recently only seven had been identified definitely on Titan. Dunes, visible as dark lines on the left of the image, have been swept toward the crater by the winds of Titan.
PIA14744:
A New Crater for Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image, created by combining two different types of radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, reveals more details of Titan's crater Menrva (at left) and its surroundings than a single image could provide.
PIA14541:
Cassini Radar Zooms Out on Menrva
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Three of Titan's major surface features-dunes, craters and the enigmatic Xanadu-appear in this radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hazy bright area at the left that extends to the lower center of the image marks the northwest edge of Xanadu.
PIA14500:
Titan: Putting it all Together
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Galileo
 Radar Mapper
Solid-State Imaging
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These images compare surface features observed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft at the Xanadu region on Saturn's moon Titan (left), and features observed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on Jupiter's cratered moon Callisto (right).
PIA13896:
Titan and Callisto
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 Radar Mapper
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These side-by-side images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the feature named Tortola Facula on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA13895:
Tortula Facula
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the location of an area known as Sotra Facula on Saturn's moon Titan. Scientists believe the Sotra Facula region makes the best case for a cryovolcanic, or ice volcano, region on Titan.
PIA13696:
Global View of Sotra Facula, Titan
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This frame from a movie is based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and shows a flyover of an area of Saturn's moon Titan known as Sotra Facula. Scientists believe Sotra is the best case for an ice volcano, or cryovolcano, region on Titan.
PIA13695:
Flyover of Sotra Facula, Titan Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This mosaic, made from radar images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows parallel mountain chains on Saturn's moon Titan, near an equatorial region known as Adiri.
PIA13332:
Mountains near Adiri on Titan
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This mosaic, made from radar images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows parallel mountain chains on Saturn's moon Titan. The mountains appear along the northwest border of a region known as Xanadu.
PIA13331:
Mountains on the Northwest Border of Xanadu, Titan
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This mosaic, made from radar images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows mountainous terrain on Saturn's moon Titan in the moon's northern hemisphere, north of the Aaru region.
PIA13330:
Mountains North of Aaru on Titan
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This image is from an animation that glides along the shoreline of Ontario Lacus, the largest lake on the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan. The animation is based on overlapping radar images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA13173:
Flying Over Ontario Lacus Animation Icon
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This image of Ontario Lacus, the largest lake on the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan, was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The lake surface appears dark because it is smooth.
PIA13172:
Footprint of Ontario Lacus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on July 7, 2010. Southern mid-latitudes (trailing hemisphere, Northern Mezzoramia.
PIA06679:
Titan Radar Swath (T-71 Flyby - July 7, 2010)
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In a sweeping mosaic of the low latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan, the bright landmass of the enigmatic region known as Xanadu stands out on the right-hand side of this radar image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12989:
Xanadu's Channels and Dunes
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The bright landmass of an enigmatic area known as Xanadu and the intriguing lobed shapes of the Hotei Regio area are visible at the right and far right, respectively, in this radar image of Saturn's moon Titan obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12988:
Dunes, Tectonics and Possible Ice Volcanoes on Titan
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Two different instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan. Blue lines on top show the location of channels that stand out in the bottom of image.
PIA12849:
Channels and Minerals at Hotei Regio
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Two different instruments aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA12848:
Looking for Ice Volcano Flows at Hotei Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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In this synthetic aperture radar image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, two generally similar features, upper center and lower right, appear to be low mountains with grooves running roughly in the up-down direction.
PIA12496:
New Wrinkles on Titan
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Jan. 12, 2010. High southern latitudes (Ontario Lacus, Mezzoramia).
PIA00927:
Titan Radar Swath (T-65 Flyby - Jan. 12, 2010)
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 28, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 955 kilometers (593 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA06678:
Titan Radar Swath (T-64 Flyby - Dec. 28, 2009)
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show disappearing lakes in before-and-after comparisons of two areas in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA12281:
Disappearing Lakes
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This first glimpse of seasonal change shows the southern polar area of Saturn's moon Titan, using data from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12280:
Changing Seasons on Titan
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Aug. 25, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (603 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA06677:
Titan Radar Swath (T-61 Flyby - Aug. 25, 2009)
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This mosaic of image swaths from NASA's Cassini's Titan Radar Mapper, taken with the synthetic-aperture radar, features a large dark region several hundred kilometers across that differs in several significant ways from potential lakes observed on Titan.
PIA12162:
Lake-like but Different
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on July 24, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 955 kilometers (593 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04399:
Titan Radar Swath (T-59 Flyby - July. 24, 2009)
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An enigmatic large basin appears in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Titan at the center of this Titan Radar Mapper image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired on June 22, 2009.
PIA12111:
South Polar Basin on Titan
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on July 8, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at a 900 km altitude at the closest approach.
PIA04398:
Titan Radar Swath (T-58 Flyby - July 8, 2009)
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on June 22, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 955 kilometers (593 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04397:
Titan Radar Swath (T-57 Flyby - June 22, 2009)
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An intricate, fingerprint-like pattern of dunes is seen in this dramatic radar image of Saturn's moon Titan captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 21, 2009 from an altitude of 965 kilometers (about 600 miles).
PIA12037:
The Story Titan's Dunes Tell
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Complex and unique canyon systems appear to have been intricately carved into older terrain by the ample flow of liquid methane rivers on Saturn's moon Titan, as seen in this radar image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 21, 2009.
PIA12036:
Southern Canyons of Titan
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on June 6, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 965 kilometers (599 miles) during the closest approach.
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Titan Radar Swath (T-56 Flyby - June 6, 2009)
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on May 21, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 965 kilometers (599 miles) during the closest approach.
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Titan Radar Swath (T-55 Flyby - May 21, 2009)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini's radar mapper has obtained stereo views of close to 2 percent of Titan's surface during 19 flybys over the last five years. This pair of images covers part of Hotei Arcus.
PIA11831:
Hotei Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini's radar mapper has obtained stereo views of close to 2 percent of Titan's surface during 19 flybys over the last five years. The prominent, roughly circular feature in the western part of this image is an area known as Ganesa Macula.
PIA11830:
Ganesa Macula Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini radar mapper has obtained stereo views of close to 2 percent of Titan's surface during 19 flybys over the last five years. These topographic maps show the equatorial 'sand sea' called Belet.
PIA11829:
Titan's "Sand Sea" Belet
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The southern edge of Xanadu, a continent-size feature on Saturn's moon Titan, is seen in this NASA Cassini radar mapper image swath collected on Feb. 22, 2008. Xanadu is unusually bright in both infrared and radar wavelengths.
PIA11822:
Skirting Xanadu's Southern Boundary
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This is a portion of a Cassini radar mapper image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its Dec. 21, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. The area shown covers the southern boundary of an equatorial band where longitudinal dunes are pervasive.
PIA11802:
At the Edge of Titan's Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini radar mapper to map the global wind pattern on Saturn's moon Titan using data collected over a four-year period, as depicted in this image.
PIA11801:
Mapping Titan's Global Wind Patterns
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Feb. 7, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 960 kilometers (597 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04394:
Titan Radar Swath (T-50 Flyby - Feb. 7, 2009)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These updated maps of Saturn's moon Titan, consisting of data from NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem, include Cassini's August 2008 imaging of the moon's northern hemisphere.
PIA11146:
Maps of Titan - January 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-21 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04393:
Titan Radar Swath (T-49 Flyby - Dec. 21, 2008)
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NASA's Cassini Radar Mapper imaged Titan on Feb. 22, 2008 (as shown on the left) and April 30, 2006 (as shown on the right).
PIA11702:
Active Cryovolcanic Features on Titan?
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 5, 2008. Equatorial Anti-Saturnian hemisphere (Southern half of Guabonito, northern Shikoku Facula, and parts of Shangri-la and Dilmun).
PIA00699:
Titan Radar Swath (T-48 Flyby - Dec. 5, 2008)
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On the final flyby of NASA's Cassini spacecraft's original four-year tour, its radar mapper captured these unusual channels on Titan at the edge of Xanadu, the widest seen in this area.
PIA10956:
Xanadu's Channels
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This side-by-side view shows a newly discovered impact crater compared with a previously discovered crater. The new crater was just discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's radar instrument during its most recent Titan flyby on May 12, 2008.
PIA10655:
Impact Craters
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A set of three parallel ridges was seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's radar instrument during the latest Titan flyby on May 12, 2008.
PIA10654:
Tectonics on Titan
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This image is the first topographic map of part of Titan's north polar region. The false-color mosaic on the left was produced from overlapping stereo images from NASA's Cassini radar instrument and depicts Titan's north polar region.
PIA10353:
Topographic Map of Titan's North Polar Region
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This graphic and animation depicts a cross-section of the Saturnian moon Titan. The assumption that Titan contains an internal ocean was generated from data gleaned NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar during 19 separate passes over Titan.
PIA10243:
An Ocean Runs Through It Animation Icon
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These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Feb. 22, 2008. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04392:
Titan Radar Swath (T-41 Flyby - Feb. 22, 2008)
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This synthetic aperture radar image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its pass by Titan's south pole on Dec. 20, 2007.
PIA10219:
Flowing Liquids on Titan
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This synthetic aperture radar image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its recent pass by Titan's south pole on Dec. 20, 2007.
PIA10218:
Radar Images Titan's South Pole
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 20, 2007. South Polar Region, Western Mezzoramia.
PIA01854:
Titan Radar Swath (T-39 Flyby - Dec. 20, 2007)
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Cassini's radar instrument finds lakes in the southern hemisphere of Titan during the most recent Titan flyby. NASA's Cassini spacecraft completed its 37th flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 2, 2007.
PIA10018:
Radar Sees Lakes in Titan's Southern Hemisphere
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This false-color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows all synthetic-aperture radar images to date of Titan's north polar region. Approximately 60 percent of Titan's north polar region, above 60 degrees north latitude, is now mapped with radar.
PIA10008:
Titan's North Polar Region Animation Icon
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Oct. 2, 2007. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 965 kilometers (600 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04390:
Titan Radar Swath (T-36 Flyby - Oct. 2, 2007)
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This north polar image of Titan was acquired NASA's Cassini radar instrument on May 12, 2007.
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Titan (T30) Viewed by Cassini's Radar - May 12, 2007
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NASA's Cassini radar instrument obtained another in its series of north polar swaths of Titan on April 10, 2007. This image exposes more of the transition between the mid-latitudes and the polar area.
PIA09217:
Titan (T28) Viewed by Cassini's Radar-- April 10, 2007
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On May 12, 2007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft completed its 31st flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, which the team calls T30.
PIA09211:
Coasts and Drowned Mountains
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on April 26, 2007. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 980 kilometers 609 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04391:
Titan Radar Swath (T-29 Flyby - April 26, 2007)
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This side-by-side image shows NASA's Cassini radar image of what is the largest body of liquid (on the left) ever found on Titan's north pole, compared to Lake Superior (on the right).
PIA09184:
Titan Sea and Lake Superior
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This frame from a movie taken by NASA's Cassini's radar instrument, shows bodies of liquid near Titan's north pole. These images show that many of the features commonly associated with lakes on Earth.
PIA09183:
Radar Shows Evidence of Seas Animation Icon
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This image of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a near-polar flyby on Feb. 22, 2007, features dunes and lakes, one of which is larger than any lake on Earth and could be legitimately called a sea.
PIA09182:
Titan (T25) Viewed by Cassini's Radar - Feb. 22, 2007
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This radar image, obtained by NASA's Cassini's radar instrument during a near-polar flyby on Feb. 22, 2007, shows dunes surrounding a bright feature on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA09181:
Titan Features and Interactions
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This radar image, obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a near-polar flyby on Feb. 22, 2007, shows a big island smack in the middle of one of the larger lakes imaged on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA09180:
Titan: Larger and Larger Lakes
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This radar image, obtained by NASA's Cassini's radar instrument during a near-polar flyby on Sept. 23, 2006, is the second scene that shows clear shorelines reminiscent of terrestrial lakes.
PIA09179:
Titan (T18) Viewed by Cassini's Radar - Sept. 23, 2006
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This frame from an animation shows a mosaic of imagery from NASA's Cassini's radar instrument obtained during three flybys of Titan's north pole: T16 (July 22, 2006), T18 (Sept. 23, 2006) and T19 (Oct. 9, 2006)
PIA09177:
Titan Lakes Movie Animation Icon
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