While Earthlings were celebrating a new year on their planet, Titan was celebrating Summer. (Titan reaches Summer Solstice in May 2017).
On the top is a true color image of Titan. The moon's north polar hood is barely visible in this view. The image on the bottom is a colorized view of Titan's surface. Cassini imaged Titan in the infrared to peer past its atmosphere and see its surface. The darker areas are vast hydrocarbon sand dunes. Titan’s Fensal-Aztlan region can be seen in this view. Craters Sinlap (upper right) and Menrva (upper left) are also visible here.
These views are made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on December 31, 2015 and received on Earth December 31, 2015. The camera was pointing toward Titan, and the images were taken using the red, green, blue and infrared 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. Titan's south polar vortex is barely visible. The image on the right is a colorized view of Titan's surface. Cassini imaged Titan in the infrared to peer past its atmosphere and see its surface. The darker areas are vast hydrocarbon sand dunes. The darkest feature visible here is part of Titan's dune field, Shangri-La. To the right of Shangri-La is Xanadu, a bright and highly reflective region about the size of Australia.
These views are made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on May 7, 2015 and received on Earth May 9, 2015. The camera was pointing toward TITAN, and the images were taken using the red, green, blue and infrared filters. (These images of Titan were taken during Cassini's T-111 flyby of Titan.)
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On the left is a true color image of Titan. The moon's north polar hood and south polar vortex are visible in this view. The image on the right is a colorized view of Titan's surface. Cassini imaged Titan in the infrared to peer past its atmosphere and see its surface. The dark areas are hydrocarbon seas and lakes. Titan's largest sea, Kraken Mare, is visible here.
These views are made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on December 4, 2014 and received on Earth December 6, 2014. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 1,319,467 miles (2,123,476 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the red, green, blue and continuum band filters.
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This image taken by the Cassini spacecraft allows us to view Titan above and below its atmosphere.
Atmospheric features in this view:
Titan's north polar hood and south polar vortex are barely visible in this view.
Surface features:
The darker areas are vast hydrocarbon sand dunes and seas. Titan's largest sea, Kraken Mare, is visible here.
These views are made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on October 20, 2014 and received on Earth October 21, 2014. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 1,061,167 miles (1,707,782 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the red, green, blue and continuum band filters.
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On top is a true color image of Titan. The moon's north polar hood is visible in this view. The image below is a colorized view of Titan's surface. Cassini imaged Titan in the infrared to peer past its atmosphere and see its surface. The dark areas are hydrocarbon seas and lakes. Titan's largest sea, Kraken Mare, is visible here.
These views were snapped by Cassini during its latest flyby of Titan: bit.ly/Titan101Flyby Learn more about the flyby here: wp.me/p2WQE3-aT
These views are made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on May 18, 2014 and received on Earth May 18, 2014. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 116,674 miles (187,768 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the red, green, blue and continuum band filters.
Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Val Klavans
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