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Huygens Titan Mosaic #2

Target Name:  Titan
Spacecraft:  Huygens Probe
Instrument:  Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
Produced by:  NASA/JPL/ESA/University of Arizona
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA07871
Date Taken:  14 January 2005
Date Released: 13 May 2005

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This mosaic from the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer camera on the European Space Agency's Huygens probe combines 17 image triplets, projected from an altitude of 800 meters (2,625 feet). The area covered is approximately 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) across (north at the top of the image). The smallest visible objects visible are less than five meters (16 feet) across, and the dark channels are 30 to 40 meters (98 to 131 feet) wide.

The images were then stitched together using one of several projection algorithms (in this case 'gnomonic') to produce a full mosaic. The images used to construct this mosaic were taken on Jan. 14, 2005.

The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer is one of two NASA-funded instruments on the probe.

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