This set of composite images was constructed from the best Cassini radar
data and visual and infrared mapping spectrometer data obtained from all
the Titan flybys up to the most recent flyby on Oct 25 (T20).
The globe to the upper right is centered on 0 degrees longitude, and each
of the other globes is labeled as to which longitude appears at the center
of the disk. The two rightmost images in the bottom row are of the north
and south poles of Titan, respectively. The two instruments provide
complementary data, all of which is required to understand the geologic
processes that have shaped the surface of Titan over the age of the solar
system.
The images were taken at wavelengths of 1.3 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. 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/. The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer
team homepage is at http://wwwvims.lpl.arizona.edu.
