File:Xanadu Titan.jpg
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English: Image, taken by Cassini through Titan's en:smoggy atmosphere, of Xanadu, an enigmatic bright feature. Xanadu is the bright area feature in the centre of the image (the brighter area at the south pole is cloud).
Caption from en:NASA's press release: This image taken on en:October 24, en:2004, reveals Titan's bright "continent-sized" terrain known as Xanadu. It was acquired with the en:narrow angle camera on Cassini's imaging science subsystem through a en:spectral filter centered at 938 en:nanometers, a wavelength region at which Titan's surface can be most easily detected. The surface is seen at a higher contrast than in previously released imaging science subsystem images due to a lower phase angle (Sun-Titan-Cassini angle), which minimizes scattering by the haze. The image shows details about 10 times smaller than those seen from Earth. Surface materials with different brightness properties (or en:albedos) rather than topographic shading are highlighted. The image has been calibrated and slightly enhanced for contrast. It will be further processed to reduce atmospheric blurring and to optimize mapping of surface features. The origin and geography of Xanadu remain mysteries at this range. Bright features near the south pole (bottom) are clouds. On en:October 26, Cassini will acquire images of features in the central-left portion of this image from a position about 100 times closer. |
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[edit]- 2004-10-26 16:51 The Singing Badger 516×516×8 (6323 bytes) Image, taken through Titan's smoggy atmosphere, of Xanadu, an enigmatic bright feature.
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