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Water Ice and Methane Springs Target Name:   Titan Spacecraft:   Huygens Probe Instrument:   Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer Produced by:   ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA07238 Date Taken:   26 October 2004 Related Documents Huygens at Titan Titan Saturn Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA07238.jpg JPEG 105 x 170 14K PIA07238.tif TIFF 315 x 508 109K A single Huygens Descent Imager/ Spectral Radiometer (DISR) instrument image shows two new features on the surface of Titan. A bright linear feature suggests an area where water ice may have been extruded onto the surface. Also visible are short, stubby dark channels that may have been formed by 'springs' of liquid methane rather than methane 'rain'. The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer is one of two NASA instruments on the probe.

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