Titan Haze

Titan Haze

Photograph

Titan Haze

November 16, 1980
Chromogenic development print
Image: 8 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (21.4 × 19.4 cm)
Paper: 10 1/4 × 8 in. (26 × 20.3 cm)
Matted: 17 × 14 × 1/8 in. (43.2 × 35.6 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of NASA
Inscriptions verso (applied label, typed): PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE/JET PROPULSION LABORATORY/CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 91109. TELEPHONE: (213) 354-5011/PHOTO CAPTION (TOP)/ P-23107 C/S-1-55/Nov. 16, 1980/Layers of haze covering Saturn's satellite Titan are seen/ in this image taken by Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 at a range/ of 22,000 kilometers (13,700 miles). The colors are false and/ are used to show details of the haze that covers Titan./ The upper level of the thick aerosol above the satellite's limb/ appears orange. The divisions in the haze occur at altitudes/ of 200, 375 and 500 kilometers (124, 233 and 310 miles)/ above the limb of the moon. The Voyager Project is managed/ for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif./####

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