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'Islands' on a Dark Plain

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:  PIA07237
Date Taken:  14 January 2005

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A single image from the Huygens Descent Imager/ Spectral Radiometer (DISR) instrument of a dark plain area on Titan, seen during descent to the landing site, that indicates flow around bright 'islands'. The areas below and above the bright islands may be at different elevations.

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

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