Cassini's flyby of Titan on July 22, 2006 sent the spacecraft into a more
inclined orbit of Saturn. This remarkably clear view from that flyby shows
the moon's characteristically dark mid-latitudes, and more southern
terrain than the Cassini spacecraft has usually been able to glimpse.
This was the first in a series of "illuminated outbound flybys" of Titan
(5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles across) where the illuminated hemisphere
was visible following the closest approach.
The image was taken in polarized infrared light with the Cassini
spacecraft wide-angle camera on July 22, 2006 at a distance of
approximately 148,000 kilometers (92,000 miles) from Titan. Image scale
is 9 kilometers (5 miles) per pixel.
