This composite image, composed of two images taken with Cassini's visual
and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows a crescent view of Saturn's moon
Titan.
The data were obtained during a flyby on July 22, 2006, at a distance of
15,700 kilometers (9,700 miles) from Titan. The image was constructed from
images taken at wavelengths of 1.26 microns shown in blue, 2 microns shown
in green, and 5 microns shown in red.
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 Visual
and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer team is based at the University of
Arizona where this image was produced.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm The visual and infrared mapping
spectrometer team homepage is at http://wwwvims.lpl.arizona.edu.