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Dreamscapes of Titan

Nick Hoffman — 6/28/2004 1:05:40 PM (archived)

Here's something we've concocted over on Alex's Planetary Sciences group. Thought you guys might want to see it...

First, Jason Perry put together a neat mosaic of Titan which was released by NASA:-

Then John Rehling drew a notional profile across it to show topography, since many people suspect that dark albedo may be "seas" and light may be "continents" (or vice versa).

And I then took John's idea and rendered it in full 3D with topographic shading, using ER Mapper:

And the inverse:-

Personally, I prefer the "negative" version, since it seems to show craters and ringed basins. But of course, these are a little fictional. With time, we'll learn something about the real story, perhaps...

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The whole thread (17 posts)

• Dreamscapes of Titan - Nick Hoffman - 6/28/2004 1:05:40 PM
  • Someday, a dream come true - ebnelson - 7/2/2004 4:12:09 AM
  • Excellent! - REB - 6/28/2004 1:18:18 PM
    • re: We all hope the same thing! - Raoul - 6/28/2004 6:35:13 PM
    • re: Excellent! - Jacob Samorodin - 6/28/2004 2:51:13 PM
      • There are some Venus exploration missions in the pipeline - Gary - 6/29/2004 6:51:59 AM
        • Malin's 'Venus Geophysical Lander concept' - Daniel L - 6/30/2004 7:11:10 AM
          • This design may have significant flaws - Gary - 7/1/2004 7:00:56 AM
            • Thanks Gary, fascinating as always - Daniel - 7/1/2004 7:27:16 PM
        • Cool! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/29/2004 4:46:28 PM
      • Given Vensus's very thick atmosphere... - Larry J - 6/28/2004 5:50:57 PM
        • re: The challenges of Venus - Raoul - 6/28/2004 6:48:05 PM
          • re: The challenges of Venus - Larry J - 6/29/2004 9:48:13 PM
          • Venusian rotation - Gary - 6/29/2004 7:02:20 AM
      • re: Excellent! - REB - 6/28/2004 3:59:25 PM
        • re: Titan blue skies - dtb - 6/28/2004 4:51:00 PM
          • Venus' blue skies - REB - 6/28/2004 5:45:44 PM