Titan Surface Mosaic
Date: 13 May 2005
Satellite: Huygens
Depicts: Mosaic of DISR images
Copyright: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
This mosaic from the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer camera on the ESA's Huygens probe combines 17 image triplets, projected from an altitude of 800 metres. The area covered is approximately 1300 metres across (north is at the top of the image). The smallest visible objects are less than five metres across, and the dark channels are 30 to 40 metres wide.
The images were stitched together using one of several projection algorithms (in this case 'gnomonic') to produce a full mosaic. The images used to construct this mosaic were taken on 14 January 2005.
The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer is one of two NASA-funded instruments on the probe.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project between NASA, ESA and Italy's ASI space agency.
