Saturn and Titan from Cassini
Product Description
PIA09856 - Spectacular vistas of Saturn and its moon
continue to be recorded by the Cassini spacecraft.
Launched from Earth in
1997, robotic Cassini
entered orbit around
Saturn in 2004 and has revolutionized much of humanity's knowledge of
Saturn, its expansive and complex
rings, and it many old
and battered moons.
Soon after reaching Saturn, Cassini
released the Huygen's
probe which landed on Titan,
Saturn's largest moon, and send back unprecedented
pictures from below Titan's opaque cloud decks.
Recent radar images of Titan from Cassini indicate flat regions that are likely lakes of liquid methane, indicating a complex weather system where it likely rains chemicals similar to gasoline. Pictured above, magnificent Saturn and enigmatic Titan were imaged together in true color by Cassini earlier this year.
TEXT: APOD
Recent radar images of Titan from Cassini indicate flat regions that are likely lakes of liquid methane, indicating a complex weather system where it likely rains chemicals similar to gasoline. Pictured above, magnificent Saturn and enigmatic Titan were imaged together in true color by Cassini earlier this year.
TEXT: APOD
