True, true: but I still think it's fairly safe to say the dark splodges are more likely to be fluid-related than anything else.

Labelled version:

http://postimg.org/image/3uvjfogdz/

Blink GIF version:

The same region of Titan's north pole, as seen by radar (cropped from PIA10008):

At this latitude, I think that's a fairly safe assumption.

Three-frame WAC mosaic of Titan's northern wetlands, with a *tentative* identification of PUNGA MARE labelled as 'PM'.

Breathtaking work, Bjorn!

Is my memory deceiving me, or has Naiad eluded all attempts at its recovery since the Voyager encounter?

I've been trying to make an acceptable color composite using some of the more exotic WA filters; in this example, I've combined frames in CB3, MT2 and VIOLET:

As per Val's image, I have to admit that the vortex is more indistinct from this range than I'd expected (perhaps the exposure times affected the sharpness).

Warm greetings, Val!

Yes, it's rather embarrassing to say the least — especially when the loony brigade stumble across it and parade it as evidence of a NASA conspiracy.

If the 'Eastern Sea' were visible from Earth, quite a few images in popular culture would have looked rather different over the years . . .

That's a lovely mosaic Bjorn: it really highlights some of the very subtle European topography, particularly the arc-like 'trenches' near the terminator.

You just made my day, Bjorn!

Nice animation, Astro — here's a slightly enhanced R/G/B view of Dione from the same dataset:

Oh . . . . . . bother.

I had been tinkering with this mosaic, but found it pretty hard going due to the disparate brightness levels in the raw JPEGs. Still, for posterity's sake, here's as far as I got:

This vintage animation from 1980 is a pre-encounter simulation of what Voyager would see as it passed over the moon's north pole:

http://youtu.be/zd9TOvFelFg?t=1m50s

Looking Ahead: http://www.ciclops.org/view/7439/Rev176

Here's a false colour (CB2, SYNTH-GRN, VIO), two-frame mosaic of Saturn's morning terminator:

Rhea's north pole got some half-decent coverage from Voyager 1, didn't it?

Here's something I haven't contributed to UMSF for a while — a RGB composite of Titan:

Merci Beaucoup!

BREAKING NEWS ... this thread has made it to Fark:

http://www.fark.com/comments/7348466/Old-b...rover-Curiosity

I'm going to buck the trend by placing a vigorous vote for CROSS-EYE.

The latest Cassini portrait of Saturn:



I put this together on my laptop, so there may well be color/brightness issues!

The 'Looking Ahead' page for this rev:

http://www.ciclops.org/view/7329/Rev171