This radar image of Titan shows Ganesa Macula, interpreted as a
cryovolcano (ice volcano), and its surroundings. Cryovolcanism is thought
to have been an important process on Titan and may still be happening
today.
This mosaic was made from images obtained by the Cassini radar mapper on
two flybys. The lower part of the image was from the flyby on Oct. 26,
2004, while the upper part was from the Jan. 13, 2007, flyby. Ganesa
macula is the dark circular feature seen on the lower left of the mosaic.
Bright rounded features, interpreted as cryovolcanic flows, are seen
towards the top and the right of the mosaic.
This image mosaic was taken in synthetic aperture mode. The resolution of
the images is approximately 350 meters (1,150 feet). North is toward the
top. The image mosaic is about 570 kilometers (354 miles) wide and 390
kilometers (240 miles) high.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The radar
instrument was built by JPL and the Italian Space Agency, working with
team members from the United States and several European countries.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm.
