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NASA spacecraft to photograph Saturn's moons

By T.K. Randall
April 4, 2010 · Comment icon 4 comments

Image Credit: NASA
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will take new close up pictures of Titan and Dione in a fly-by next week.
Scientists are hoping to capture new high resolution images of the surface of Titan, the spacecraft will fly in close in order to take pictures through the moon's haze-shrouded atmosphere.
NASA has announced its plan to capture closer images of the two moons of Saturn through its spacecraft next week. The spacecraft Cassini will have a closer look at Saturn's moons Dione and Titan, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.


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Comment icon #1 Posted by pallidin 14 years ago
That should be fun. Looking forward to the images.
Comment icon #2 Posted by 1963 14 years ago
Sand dunes, Hydrocarbon sea's and nitrogen rich atmosphere!..Titan should be pretty interesting!!
Comment icon #3 Posted by 2of7 14 years ago
Hi everyone, today NASA has released some Dione's images. Too bad they are almost all in 512x512 pixels .... I started doing some processing, here some of them: Enlarge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/4504957519/sizes/o/ Enlarge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/4505593038/sizes/o/ Enlarge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/4505594002/sizes/o/ There is also a close-up of Janus:
Comment icon #4 Posted by 2of7 14 years ago
another processin: Dione in ir and uv filter Enlarge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/4506958069/sizes/o/


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