PIA09176

Autor/Urheber:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI

Shortlink:

https://dewiki.de/b/1577c8

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

1500 x 1008 Pixel (487286 Bytes)

Beschreibung:

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.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09176

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