On the left is a true color image of Titan. The moon's north polar hood is visible in this view. The image on the right is a representation of what it would look like if you could see past Titan's atmosphere and down to its surface. The darker areas are vast hydrocarbon sand dunes and seas.
Both images were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem on October 7, 2013, as it was monitoring changes in the distribution of clouds across Titan and to its haze layers. More information: www.ciclops.org/view/7721/Rev198
These images were taken on October 7, 2013 and received on Earth October 7, 2013. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 1.30 million kilometers (0.81 million miles) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, CL2, RED, BL1, CB3 and GRN filters.
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On June 23, 2013 the Cassini spacecraft's camera system imaged the limb of Saturn while the Sun was behind the planet. This true color composite of Saturn was made by combining three raw images in red, green, and blue filters. You can see a strong flare from the camera's optics in this view.
These images were taken on June 23, 2013 and received on Earth June 24, 2013. The camera was pointing toward SATURN at approximately 456,623 miles (734,864 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1 RED, BL1, and GRN filters.
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This is an approximate true color view of Titan taken during Cassini's Titan (T-97) Flyby: wp.me/p2WQE3-8S. It was snapped by the Cassini spacecraft's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS).
Titan's upper haze layers appear blue, while its main atmospheric haze appear orange in this view. The difference in color is most likely due to particle size rather than composition. The blue haze probably consists of smaller particles than the orange haze.
These images were taken on January 01, 2014 and received on Earth January 03, 2014. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 14,958 miles (24,072 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, VIO, BL1 and RED filters.
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On the left is a true color image of Titan. The moon's north polar hood is visible in this view. The image on the right is a representation of what it would look like if you could see past Titan's atmosphere and down to its surface. The darker areas are vast hydrocarbon sand dunes and seas.
Both images were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem on August 15, 2013, as it was looking for clouds across Titan’s northern sub-Saturn hemisphere.
These images were taken on August 15, 2013 and received on Earth August 16, 2013. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 1,381,862 miles (2,223,891 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, CL2, RED, BL1, CB3 and GRN filters.
Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / composite and editing by Val Klavans
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This RGB color composite shows Titan at half phase, providing a view of the moon's southern trailing hemisphere. Titan's South Polar Vortex can be seen in the lower part of this image.
These images were taken on August 31, 2012 and received on Earth August 31, 2012. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 727,086 miles (1,170,131 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, MT1, UV3, and CB3 filters.
(This is from Rev171.)
Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / composite by Val Klavans
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