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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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In a rare moment, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this enduring portrait of a near-alignment of four of Saturn's restless moons. Timing is critical when trying to capture a view of multiple bodies, like this one.
PIA07644:
When Moons Align
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
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Images from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer side-looking imager and from the medium resolution imager, acquired after landing, were merged to produce this image.
PIA06440:
View from Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
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Images recorded by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer between 4 and 0.3 miles (7 and 0.5 kilometers) were assembled to produce this panoramic mosaic of Titan.
PIA06439:
Titan's Surface #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
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Images recorded by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer between 11 and 5 miles were assembled to produce this panoramic mosaic. The Huygens probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06438:
Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
Radar Mapper
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This composite image shows a mosaic of the European Space Agency's Huygens probe landing site, as seen by the descent imager/spectral radiometer on the Huygens probe. The mosaic is overlaid on a NASA Cassini orbiter radar image.
PIA06437:
Huygens Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This frame from a movie shows a quick succession of multiple products of Titan's surface from NASA's Cassini orbiter and the European Space Agency's Huygens probe.
PIA06435:
Huygens Landing Site (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The artist's concept shows the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent sequence. The probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA06434:
Huygens Descent Sequence (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-18 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The 'H'-shaped region Fensal-Aztlan is faintly visible on Saturn's murky moon Titan in this enhanced clear-filter view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07634:
The Land Beneath the Murk
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This set of images shows the areas mapped so far on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode.
PIA03571:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location mapped with NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode during the Oct. 28, 2005, flyby.
PIA03570:
Radar Swath of Oct. 28, 2005, Titan Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Looking back toward the sun brings out the thin haze than hovers 500 kilometers (310 miles) above Saturn's moon Titan. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 24, 2005.
PIA07626:
Titan's Ultraviolet Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This synthetic aperture radar image of Titan was taken on Oct. 28, 2005, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew by at a distance of 1,350 kilometers (840 miles).
PIA03566:
Tectonic Features
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be viewed by the imaging cameras onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft during the spacecraft's close flyby of Titan on Oct. 28, 2005.
PIA07751:
Cassini's Oct. 28, 2005, Titan Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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These three radar passes from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Sept. 7, 2005 reveal a variety of geologic features, including impact craters, wind-blown deposits, channels, and cryovolcanic features.
PIA08110:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location of the upcoming Oct. 28, 2005, Titan flyby and the areas mapped so far by NASA's Cassini Radar Mapper using its Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging mode.
PIA08111:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar - Flat Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This clear-filter view of Saturn's moon Titan reveals a region of cloud activity at high southern latitudes. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 31, 2005.
PIA07597:
Faint Southern Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This Synthetic Aperture Radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 7, 2005.
PIA03563:
Shoreline on Titan?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its Sept. 7, 2005, flyby of Titan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired images of territory on the moon's Saturn-facing hemisphere that were assembled to create this mosaic.
PIA07732:
Monitoring "Fensal-Aztlan"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that were imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of Titan on Sept. 7, 2005.
PIA07728:
Cassini's Sept. 7, 2005, Titan Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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This processed image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's flyby of Titan reveals mid-latitudes on the moon's Saturn-facing side. Bazaruto Facula is visible with a dark unnamed crater at its center.
PIA07730:
Titan's Sideways Cipher
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached Titan on Aug. 21, 2005, it captured this natural color view of the moon's orange, global smog.
PIA07729:
Looking on the Brightside of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-19 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that were imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of Saturn's moon, Titan, on Aug. 22, 2005.
PIA07711:
Cassini's Aug. 22, 2005, Titan Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Titan's equatorial latitudes are distinctly different in character from its south polar region, as shown in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The bright region toward the right side of Titan's disk is Xanadu.
PIA07565:
Dawn at the Huygens Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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During a recent pass of Saturn's moon Titan, one of more than 40 during NASA's Cassini's planned four-year mission, the spacecraft acquired this infrared view of the bright Xanadu region and the moon's south pole.
PIA07542:
Clues in the Bright and Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Although it is far too cold for blossoming flowers, summer does bring storm clouds and presumably rain to Titan's south polar region, as shown in the image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06242:
Clouds in the Distance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Although it is far too cold for blossoming flowers, summer does bring storm clouds and presumably rain to Titan's south polar region, as shown in the image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06241:
Clouds in the Distance Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's hazy moon Titan appears to drift above Saturn's ringplane in this view taken only a tenth of a degree above the rings. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 25, 2005.
PIA07519:
Titan Beyond the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color mosaic of Saturn's largest moon Titan, obtained by NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows what scientists interpret as an icy volcano.
PIA07965:
Titan Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Three very different worlds crowd the frame in this unique view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which although partly overexposed, provides a splendid look at several major targets of interest for the mission.
PIA07518:
One View, Multiple Worlds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Details of the circular feature, which scientists think is an ice volcano, which could be a source of methane in Titan's atmosphere, show up at wavelengths larger than 1.3 microns. Images were taken during NASA's Cassini Oct. 26, 2004, flyby of Titan.
PIA07963:
Titan Volcano in Several Infrared Wavelengths
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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On Oct. 26, 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over Saturn's moon Titan at less than 1,200 kilometers at closest approach. Cassini acquired several infrared images with spatial resolution ranging from a few tens of kilometers to 2 kilometers per pixel.
PIA07961:
Map of Titan in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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This false-color composite was created with images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's closest flyby of Titan on April 16, 2005.
PIA06229:
Cassini's Views of Titan: False Color Composite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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These three views of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft illustrate how different the same place can look in different wavelengths of light.
PIA06227:
Cassini's Three Views of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer
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During its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on April 16, NASA's Cassini spacecraft came within 1,025 kilometers (637 miles) of the moon's surface and found that the outer layer of the thick, hazy atmosphere is brimming with complex hydrocarbons.
PIA07865:
Titan's Upper Atmosphere: A "Factory" of Hydrocarbons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the smog-enshrouded moon on April 16, 2005.
PIA06218:
Cassini's April 16 Flyby of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Although the Huygens probe has now pierced the murky skies of Titan and landed on its surface, much of the moon remains for NASA's Cassini spacecraft to explore.
PIA06220:
New Titan Territory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the haze-covered moon on March 31, 2005.
PIA06219:
Cassini's T4 Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's biggest and brightest moons are visible in this portrait captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06604:
Fantastic Planet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This mosaic of Titan's south polar region was acquired during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first and distant encounter with the smog-enshrouded moon on July 2, 2004.
PIA06203:
Tracing Surface Features on Titan--Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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These images of Titan's south polar region were acquired during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first distant encounter with the smog-enshrouded moon on July 2, 2004.
PIA06202:
Tracing Surface Features on Titan--Close-Ups
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Titan's surface and atmospheric features are shown here in this processed, visible-light image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06186:
A Clear View of Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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This image of Titan's night side was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft very close flyby of the smoggy moon on Feb. 15, 2005.
PIA06184:
Titan's Night Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's large, smog-enshrouded moon Titan greets NASA's Cassini spacecraft in full color as the spacecraft makes its third close pass on Feb. 15, 2005.
PIA06183:
Hazy Days on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during the fourth flyby of the smoggy moon on Feb. 15, 2005.
PIA06178:
Titan Flyby Number Four
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of a portion of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan shows predictions for the areas that will be covered by selected combinations of images anticipated from the camera on Huygens probe as it descends through Titan's atmosphere.
PIA07229:
Expected Footprints of 36-Image Panoramas from Huygens Camera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This map shows the planned imaging coverage for the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during the probe's descent toward Titan's surface. This map was made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06172:
Go Huygens!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This map shows the planned imaging coverage for the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during the probe's descent toward Titan's surface. This map was made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06173:
Go Huygens!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan displays a surprisingly flattened-looking north pole in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06549:
Squashed Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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From its station nearly 1.2 billion kilometers (746 million miles) from Earth, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sends holiday greetings to Earth with this lovely color portrait of Saturn and two of its moons.
PIA06164:
Cassini's Holiday Greetings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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These images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft were taken during Cassini's second close approach to Titan in December 2004.
PIA06157:
Close Up on Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Titan presented this face as NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached for its second very close flyby of the mystery moon in December 2004.
PIA06154:
Approaching Titan Again
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's second close flyby of Titan on Dec. 13, 2004, shows bright material within the large dark region west of Xanadu.
PIA06541:
Titan's Dark Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image was taken on Dec. 11, 2004 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it approached Titan for its second close encounter with this intriguing moon.
PIA06151:
Second Titan Targeted Flyby #1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Composite Infrared Spectrometer
Imaging Science Subsystem
Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This frame from a computer animation shows the observations to be taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its second close approach to Titan on Monday, Dec. 13, 2004.
PIA06147:
Titan 'TB' Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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As Cassini scientists work to understand the newly-exposed surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, they have found an interesting arrowhead-shaped feature, shown in the center of this synthetic aperture radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06995:
Follow the Arrow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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A mosaic of nine processed images recently acquired during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first very close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 26, 2004, constitutes the most detailed full-disc view of the mysterious moon.
PIA06141:
Hovering Over Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Smog-enshrouded Titan shows itself to be a featureless orb, as captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06520:
Smog Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This synthetic aperture radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on Oct. 26, 2004, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over. Dark regions may represent areas that are smooth, made of radar-absorbing materials.
PIA06993:
Oozing Across Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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Saturn's moon Titan shows a sharp contrast between its smooth and rough edges in a new false-color radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06992:
Radar Shows Titan Live and in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Titan, Saturn's largest moon (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles, across), with a streak-like cloud near its south pole.
PIA06510:
Titan's Polar Streak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
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This radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on October 26, 2004, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over. Brighter areas may correspond to rougher terrains and darker areas are thought to be smoother.
PIA06988:
Diversity on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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These images show two views of Titan's planet-wide stratospheric haze just before (left) and after (right) NASA's Cassini spacecraft's first close encounter with the shrouded moon.
PIA06987:
Two Views of Titan's Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This image shows Titan data from the passive radiometer mode of NASA's Cassini radar instrument overlaid onto a visible-light image mosaic from the spacecraft's imaging science subsystem.
PIA06986:
Titan's Whispers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on October 26, 2004, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over. righter areas may correspond to rougher terrains and darker areas are thought to be smoother.
PIA06984:
'Black Cat' on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the surface of Titan at two different infrared wavelengths revealing complex landforms with sharp boundaries.
PIA06982:
Behold Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer
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This graph shows data acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Titan at an altitude of 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) on Oct. 26, 2004 revealing the amount of light nitrogen in the atmosphere of Titan is much less than that around other planets.
PIA06981:
Case of the Lost Atmosphere
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Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer
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This graph shows data acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Titan at an altitude of 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) on Oct. 26, 2004 revealing a diversity of hydrocarbons in the high atmosphere above Titan.
PIA06980:
Lots of Hydrocarbons
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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This frame from a movie is a condensed version of NASA's Cassini spacecraft 44-hour approach to Titan. During the movie, the planet rotates about 40 degrees and the spacecraft's distance to the moon ranges from 1,800,000 to 700,000 kilometers.
PIA06137:
Close Encounter of a First Kind Animation Icon
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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This animated gif of the south polar region of Titan was acquired over an 11.5-hour period on Oct. 23, 2004, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached its first close encounter with Saturn's smoggy moon.
PIA06124:
South Polar Cloud Animation Animation Icon
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MIMI
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The magnetospheric imaging instrument onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft recently discovered a new radiation belt just above Saturn's cloud tops, up to the inner edge of the D-ring.
PIA06421:
New Radiation Belt
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The glow of Titan's extensive atmosphere shines in false colors in this view of Saturn's gas-enshrouded moon acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the July 2, 2004, flyby.
PIA06419:
Glowing Titan
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The glow of Titan's extensive atmosphere shines in false colors in this view of Saturn's gas-enshrouded moon acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the July 2, 2004, flyby.
PIA06418:
Glowing Titan
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Encircled in purple stratospheric haze, Titan appears as a softly glowing sphere in this colorized image taken one day after NASA's Cassini spacecraft first flyby of the moon on July 2, 2004.
PIA06090:
Purple Haze
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ISS - Wide Angle
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Following its first flyby of Titan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazed back at the smog-enshrouded moon's receding crescent.
PIA06089:
Hazy All Over
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ISS - Wide Angle
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A day after entering orbit around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sped silently past Titan, imaging the moon's south polar region.
PIA06087:
Receding Titan
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired at a range of 344,000 kilometers (213,700 miles), shows details at Titan's surface never seen before.
PIA06111:
Closing in on Titan
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Sixteen Cassini narrow angle camera images were used to produce the surface map shown here. The images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft vary in scale from 88 to 35 kilometers (52 to 21 miles) per pixel.
PIA06086:
Mapping Titan's Surface
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Despite the views of the surface of Saturn's Titan moon provided by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the moon remains inscrutable to the human eye.
PIA06081:
Titan in Natural Color
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft piercing vision reveals a never-before-seen level of detail on Titan's surface as the moon executes nearly one complete rotation under the spacecraft's watchful gaze.
PIA06080:
As Titan Turns Animation Icon
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has beamed back a new, more detailed image of smog-enshrouded Titan.
PIA06071:
Through the Haze
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Titan's featureless atmosphere as seen in visible light glares back at the viewer, challenging NASA's Cassini and its piggybacked Huygens probe to expose the moon's many secrets.
PIA05404:
Titan's Murky Skies
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini orbiter continues its observations of Saturn's mysterious moon Titan, stealing another early peek at the haze-enshrouded surface.
PIA05392:
Peering Closer at Titan
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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The veils of Saturn's most mysterious moon have begun to lift in NASA's Cassini's eagerly awaited first glimpse of the surface of Titan; scientists believe organic matter rains from hazy skies and seas of liquid hydrocarbons dot a frigid surface.
PIA05390:
The Veils of Titan
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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Saturn appears serene and majestic in the first color composite made of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its approach to the ringed planet, with arrival still 20 months away.
PIA02884:
Distant Saturn Sighting
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Titan's thick haze layer is shown in this enhanced image from NASA's Voyager 1, taken Nov. 12, 1980 at a distance of 435,000 kilometers (270,000 miles).
PIA02238:
Titan's Thick Haze Layer
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This 'family portrait' of Uranus' five largest moons was compiled from images sent back Jan. 20, 1986, by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Even in these distant views, the satellites exhibit distinct differences in appearance.
PIA01975:
Uranus - Family Portrait
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Voyager 2 obtained this full-disk view of Uranus' moon Titania in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 1986, from a distance of about 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles). Many circular depressions, probably impact craters, are visible in this clear-filter.
PIA01979:
Full-disk View of Titania
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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The terminator region of Titania, one of Uranus' five large moons, was captured in this Voyager 2 image obtained in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 1986.
PIA01978:
Uranus Moon - Titania
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This photograph of Titan is from NASA's Voyager 2, taken Aug. 23, 1981 from a range of 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles), shows some detail in the cloud systems on this Saturnian moon.
PIA01532:
Titan's Cloud Systems
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Layers of haze covering Saturn's satellite Titan are seen in this image taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 at a range of 22,000 kilometers (13,700 miles).
PIA01533:
Titan Haze
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Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. Images were captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. 4 - 18.
PIA01465:
Hubble Observes Surface of Titan
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Titan, the largest of Saturn's 14 known satellites, shows little more than the upper layers of clouds covering the moon in this picture from NASA's Voyager 1, taken on November 4, 1980 at a range of 12 million kilometers (7,560,000 miles).
PIA00733:
Titan's Brighter Southern Hemisphere
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This high-resolution color composite of Titania was made from NASA's Voyager 2 images taken Jan. 24, 1986, as the spacecraft neared its closest approach to Uranus. A large, trenchlike feature is seen near the terminator.
PIA00036:
Titania High-Resolution Color Composite
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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On Jan. 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 returned the highest-resolution picture of Titania, Uranus' largest satellite. Abundant impact craters of many sizes pockmark the ancient surface; most prominent features are fault valleys that stretch across Titania.
PIA00039:
Titania - Highest Resolution Voyager Picture
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