DEUTSCH: Diese Ansicht von weniger als 1° oberhalb der Ringebene zeigt den orangefarbenen Titan, wie er langsam vor dem Planeten vorbei gleitet. Die Aufnahme entstand am 01.08.2007 aus einer Distanz von 2,4 Mio km von Titan. Die Bildauflösung beträgt 15 km/pxl.
ENGLISH: The murky orange disk of Titan glides past -- a silent, floating sphere transiting Saturn. Titan's photochemical smog completely obscures the surface in such natural color views. Its high-altitude hazes are visible against the disk of Saturn as they attenuate the light reflected by the planet. Titan is 5,150 kilometers (3200 miles) across. The view was acquired from less than a degree above Saturn's ringplane. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 1, 2007 at a distance of approximately 2.4 million kilometers (1.5 million miles) from Titan. Image scale is 15 kilometers (9 miles) per pixel. |
