https://youtube/watch?v=RrGPtCdItBw#action=share Video Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper, JPL, USGS, ESA, NASA Explanation: What would it look like to fly over Titan? Radar images from NASAs robotic Cassini satellite in orbit around Saturn have been digitally compiled to simulate such a flight. Cassini has swooped past Saturns cloudiest moon several times since it arrived at the ringed planet in 2004. The virtual flight featured here shows numerous lakes colored black and mountainous terrain colored tan. Surface regions without detailed vertical information appear more flat, while sufficiently mapped regions have their heights digitally stretched. Among the basins visualized is Kraken Mare, Titans largest lake which spans over 1,000 kilometers long. Titans lakes are different from Earths lakes in that they are composed of hydrocarbons with similarities to liquid natural gas. How Titans lakes were created and why they survive continues to be a topic of research. Tomorrows picture: visiting creature
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:04:20 +0000
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