Knowledge (XXG)

File:PIA21923-Titan-SaturnMoon-InfraredViews-20180718.jpg

Source 📝

43: 192:
microns ). This technique (called a "band-ratio" technique) reduces the prominence of seams, as well as emphasizing subtle spectral variations in the materials on Titan's surface. For example, the moon's equatorial dune fields appear a consistent brown color here. There are also bluish and purplish areas that may have different compositions from the other bright areas, and may be enriched in water ice.
172:) display great variation in imaging resolution and lighting conditions, resulting in obvious seams between different areas of the surface. With the seams now gone, this new collection of images is by far the best representation of how the globe of Titan might appear to the casual observer if it weren't for the moon's hazy atmosphere, and it likely will not be superseded for some time to come. 332: 283: 321: 103: 671: 183:
Making mosaics of VIMS images of Titan has always been a challenge because the data were obtained over many different flybys with different observing geometries and atmospheric conditions. One result is that very prominent seams appear in the mosaics that are quite difficult for imaging scientists to
175:
Observing the surface of Titan in the visible region of the spectrum is difficult, due to the globe enshrouding haze that envelops the moon. This is primarily because small particles called aerosols in Titan's upper atmosphere strongly scatter visible light. But Titan's surface can be more readily
191:
Any full color image is comprised of three color channels: red, green and blue. Each of the three color channels combined to create these views was produced using a ratio between the brightness of Titan's surface at two different wavelengths (1.59/1.27 microns , 2.03/1.27 microns and 1.27/1.08
164:
These six infrared images of Saturn's moon Titan represent some of the clearest, most seamless-looking global views of the icy moon's surface produced so far. The views were created using 13 years of data acquired by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument on board NASA's
202:
It is quite clear from this unique set of images that Titan has a complex surface, sporting myriad geologic features and compositional units. The VIMS instrument has paved the way for future infrared instruments that could image Titan at much higher resolution, revealing features that were not
176:
imaged in a few infrared "windows" -- infrared wavelengths where scattering and absorption is much weaker. This is where the VIMS instrument excelled, parting the haze to obtain clear images of Titan's surface. (For comparison, Figure 1 shows Titan as it appears in visible light, as does
206:
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The VIMS team is based at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
165:
Cassini spacecraft. The images are the result of a focused effort to smoothly combine data from the multitude of different observations VIMS made under a wide variety of lighting and viewing conditions over the course of Cassini's mission.
184:
remove. But, through laborious and detailed analyses of the data, along with time consuming hand processing of the mosaics, the seams have been mostly removed. This is an update to the work previously discussed in
425: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 47: 114: 82: 790: 463:
Vue au centre de Titan en prise de vue réelle. Les six autres vues sont prises dans l'infrarouge par la sonde spatiale Cassini entre 2004 et 2017.
707: 404:
joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
919: 421: 401: 379: 353: 547: 800: 934: 833:
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
512: 411: 364: 602: 525: 496: 670: 665: 568: 540: 479: 73: 42: 532: 836:
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
375: 698:
The following pages on the English Knowledge (XXG) use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
810: 360: 785: 429: 432:
states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."
702: 122: 765: 760: 405: 236: 745: 750: 416: 392: 386: 308: 304: 291: 755: 681: 196: 185: 177: 169: 159: 109: 299:. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright 740: 195:
For a map of Titan with latitudes, longitudes and labeled surface features, see
226: 349: 210: 820: 312: 638:
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
383: 378:
data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the
213:. The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer team homepage is at 296: 214: 277: 97: 775: 330: 319: 246:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Nantes/University of Arizona
237:
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA21923_fig1.jpg
725: 735: 359:
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
455:
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
209:
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission
295:
in the United States because it was solely created by
87:(4,800 × 4,950 pixels, file size: 4.01 MB, MIME type: 147:
PIA21923-Titan-SaturnMoon-InfraredViews-20180718.jpg
141: 121:
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository.
548:
work of the federal government of the United States
367:, and other non-American space agencies. These are 352:, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 160:https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21923 811:Listă de caracteristici ale suprafeței lui Titan 102: 8: 203:detectable by any of Cassini's instruments. 157:PIA21923: Seeing Titan with Infrared Eyes 838: 640: 459: 451: 257: 168:Previous VIMS maps of Titan (for example, 718:The following other wikis use this file: 211:http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm 932: 924: 914: 906: 898: 890: 882: 874: 856: 848: 840: 700: 616: 600: 582: 566: 510: 494: 477: 474: 447: 440: 282: 7: 746:Wikipédia:Lumière sur/Septembre 2009 708:List of geological features on Titan 424:(NSSDC) site has been known to host 415:(APOD) web site may be copyrighted. 920:Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Macintosh) 766:Wikipédia:Sélection/Système solaire 761:Wikipédia:Lumière sur/Décembre 2019 688:User created page with UploadWizard 629: 831: 751:Wikipédia:Lumière sur/Titan (lune) 468: 462: 454: 422:National Space Science Data Center 151: 134: 80: 467: 445: 281: 101: 31: 21: 442: 215:http://www.vims.lpl.arizona.edu 152: 14: 756:Wikipédia:Sélection/Astronomie 741:Portail:Astronomie/Lumière sur 441: 26: 1: 36: 412:Astronomy Picture of the Day 957: 817:Usage on zh.wikipedia.org 807:Usage on ro.wikipedia.org 797:Usage on mk.wikipedia.org 782:Usage on ja.wikipedia.org 772:Usage on it.wikipedia.org 732:Usage on fr.wikipedia.org 722:Usage on af.wikipedia.org 309:NASA copyright policy page 926:File change date and time 630: 16: 533:United States of America 444: 108:This is a file from the 687: 526:applies to jurisdiction 409:Images featured on the 242: 232: 225: 222: 144: 112:. Information from its 376:Hubble Space Telescope 335: 324: 115:description page there 46:Size of this preview: 900:Horizontal resolution 791:利用者:天体名プロジェクト/sandbox 402:SOHO (ESA & NASA) 371:in the public domain. 334: 323: 892:Number of components 541:determination method 365:Russian space agency 313:JPL Image Use Policy 289:This file is in the 74:4,800 × 4,950 pixels 70:1,986 × 2,048 pixels 908:Vertical resolution 666:17:23, 19 July 2018 426:copyrighted content 374:Materials based on 52:Other resolutions: 929:16:22, 3 July 2018 858:Bits per component 336: 325: 66:993 × 1,024 pixels 944: 943: 876:Pixel composition 714:Global file usage 691: 461: 453: 439: 438: 430:photo gallery FAQ 343: 305:Template:PD-USGov 276: 275: 250: 249: 130: 129: 110:Wikimedia Commons 32:Global file usage 948: 839: 801:Титан (месечина) 678: 550: 545: 535: 530: 497:copyright status 395: 389: 339: 333: 322: 285: 284: 278: 272: 269: 266: 263: 258: 228: 156: 148: 142: 126: 105: 104: 98: 92: 90: 77: 62:745 × 768 pixels 58:465 × 480 pixels 54:233 × 240 pixels 48:581 × 599 pixels 956: 955: 951: 950: 949: 947: 946: 945: 827: 776:Cassini-Huygens 712: 703:Cassini–Huygens 699: 692: 684: 676: 632: 631: 628: 627: 626: 625: 624: 623: 622: 621: 619: 609: 608: 607: 605: 594: 593: 592: 591: 590: 589: 588: 587: 585: 575: 574: 573: 571: 560: 559: 558: 557: 556: 555: 554: 553: 552: 551: 546: 543: 537: 536: 531: 528: 519: 518: 517: 515: 503: 502: 501: 499: 488: 487: 486: 485: 484: 482: 466: 465: 464: 457: 456: 435: 393: 387: 369:not necessarily 331: 320: 270: 267: 264: 261: 256: 251: 218: 146: 139: 132: 131: 120: 119: 118:is shown below. 94: 88: 86: 79: 78: 51: 12: 11: 5: 954: 952: 942: 941: 938: 931: 930: 927: 923: 922: 917: 913: 912: 909: 905: 904: 901: 897: 896: 893: 889: 888: 885: 881: 880: 877: 873: 872: 871: 870: 867: 864: 859: 855: 854: 851: 847: 846: 843: 830: 826: 825: 824: 823: 815: 814: 813: 805: 804: 803: 795: 794: 793: 788: 780: 779: 778: 770: 769: 768: 763: 758: 753: 748: 743: 738: 730: 729: 728: 716: 715: 711: 710: 705: 697: 696: 695: 690: 689: 686: 682: 679: 675:4,800 × 4,950 673: 668: 663: 659: 658: 655: 652: 649: 646: 643: 636: 635: 620: 617: 615: 614: 613: 612: 611: 610: 606: 601: 599: 598: 597: 596: 595: 586: 583: 581: 580: 579: 578: 577: 576: 572: 567: 565: 564: 563: 562: 561: 539: 538: 524: 523: 522: 521: 520: 516: 511: 509: 508: 507: 506: 505: 504: 500: 495: 493: 492: 491: 490: 489: 483: 478: 476: 473: 472: 471: 470: 469: 458: 450: 449: 446: 443: 437: 436: 434: 433: 418: 407: 398: 372: 357: 345: 337: 327: 326: 317: 286: 274: 273: 255: 252: 248: 247: 244: 240: 239: 234: 230: 229: 224: 220: 219: 149: 140: 138: 135: 133: 128: 127: 106: 96: 95: 45: 41: 40: 39: 34: 29: 24: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 953: 939: 936: 933: 928: 925: 921: 918: 916:Software used 915: 910: 907: 902: 899: 894: 891: 886: 883: 878: 875: 868: 865: 862: 861: 860: 857: 852: 849: 844: 841: 837: 834: 828: 822: 819: 818: 816: 812: 809: 808: 806: 802: 799: 798: 796: 792: 789: 787: 784: 783: 781: 777: 774: 773: 771: 767: 764: 762: 759: 757: 754: 752: 749: 747: 744: 742: 739: 737: 734: 733: 731: 727: 726:Titaan (maan) 724: 723: 721: 720: 719: 713: 709: 706: 704: 701: 693: 685: 680: 674: 672: 669: 667: 664: 661: 660: 656: 653: 650: 647: 644: 642: 641: 639: 633: 604: 570: 549: 542: 534: 527: 514: 513:public domain 498: 481: 431: 427: 423: 419: 417: 414: 413: 408: 406: 403: 399: 396: 394:{{Cc-Hubble}} 390: 388:{{PD-Hubble}} 384: 381: 377: 373: 370: 366: 362: 358: 355: 351: 347: 346: 344: 342: 338: 329: 328: 318: 316: 314: 310: 306: 302: 298: 294: 293: 292:public domain 287: 280: 279: 265:Public domain 262:Public domain 260: 259: 253: 245: 241: 238: 235: 231: 221: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 198: 193: 189: 187: 181: 179: 173: 171: 166: 162: 161: 155: 150: 143: 136: 124: 117: 116: 111: 107: 100: 99: 93: 84: 83:Original file 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 49: 44: 38: 35: 33: 30: 28: 25: 23: 20: 18: 15: 835: 832: 736:Titan (lune) 717: 637: 634:File history 584:18 July 2018 410: 368: 340: 301:unless noted 300: 290: 288: 227:18 July 2018 205: 201: 194: 190: 182: 174: 167: 163: 158: 153: 123:You can help 113: 81: 22:File history 884:Orientation 354:14 CFR 1221 145:Description 694:File usage 651:Dimensions 618:image/jpeg 603:media type 350:NASA logos 89:image/jpeg 27:File usage 786:タイタン (衛星) 677:(4.01 MB) 648:Thumbnail 645:Date/Time 569:inception 475:此文件中描述的项目 385:See also 341:Warnings: 254:Licensing 154:English: 853:5,001 px 845:4,688 px 829:Metadata 683:Drbogdan 448:Captions 303:". (See 197:PIA20713 186:PIA20022 178:PIA11603 170:PIA02145 37:Metadata 937:version 911:300 dpi 903:300 dpi 662:current 657:Comment 480:depicts 452:English 348:Use of 137:Summary 85:‎ 887:Normal 850:Height 460:French 428:. Its 361:Soviet 243:Author 233:Source 842:Width 380:STScI 271:false 268:false 940:2.21 935:Exif 654:User 420:The 400:The 391:and 297:NASA 223:Date 17:File 879:RGB 821:土卫六 311:or 180:.) 544:: 529:: 315:.) 307:, 199:. 188:. 72:| 68:| 64:| 60:| 56:| 50:. 895:3 869:8 866:8 863:8 397:. 382:. 363:/ 356:. 217:. 125:. 91:) 76:.

Index

File
File history
File usage
Global file usage
Metadata
File:PIA21923-Titan-SaturnMoon-InfraredViews-20180718.jpg
581 × 599 pixels
233 × 240 pixels
465 × 480 pixels
745 × 768 pixels
993 × 1,024 pixels
1,986 × 2,048 pixels
4,800 × 4,950 pixels
Original file
Wikimedia Commons
description page there
You can help
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21923
PIA02145
PIA11603
PIA20022
PIA20713
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
http://www.vims.lpl.arizona.edu
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA21923_fig1.jpg
public domain
NASA
Template:PD-USGov
NASA copyright policy page
JPL Image Use Policy

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.