Lakes in the limelight, the 2013 image bonanza continues |
Lakes in the limelight, the 2013 image bonanza continues |
Sep 13 2013, 02:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
A fantastic collection of new images of the northern lakes has just arrived: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=298704
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Jan 3 2017, 08:17 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
With the new year comes changes on Titan: just look at the size of the cloud bands girding the upper latitudes!
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Jan 3 2017, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
With the new year comes changes on Titan: just look at the size of the cloud bands girding the upper latitudes! Cloud formation can be a sort of binary switch that makes visible the variations in relative humidity that are otherwise invisible. One thing that can come out of this beautiful and mesmerizing data set is an understanding of Titan weather, using this sparse "boolean" data to interpolate/extrapolate to a wider range of times, places, conditions, etc. In the animation I made showing the polar clouds, it would be particularly interesting to identify the times and places where clouds/fog began. It seems like perhaps a weather front is moving over lakes, causing clouds to initiate when it crosses over them. But maybe I'm primed to expect this because I used to live near and downwind of the Great Lakes on Earth. |
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