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Posted by: belleraphon1 Jul 11 2012, 01:59 AM

Just beautiful....
http://www.ciclops.org/view_event/177/Titans_Swirling_South_Polar_Vortex?js=1

http://www.ciclops.org/view_media/36399/Titans_Colorful_South_Polar_Vortex

Amazed at the cell structure in the haze.

Sure CASSINI will watch this evolve over time. As well as what happens in the north as the Sun shines on what has lain hidden to optical wavelengths up til now.

Craig

Posted by: titanicrivers Jul 15 2012, 05:58 PM

Great images of the S Polar vortex everyone! The July 10th images show both the vortex and Adiri at a distance. The CB3 and BL1 filters show Adiri and the vortex to good advantage respectively as shown below. The images have been enhanced (CB3 doesn't show the vortex quite as well as depicted and the orangish color is the result of blending the Solar System Simulator location images and Photoshop Elements photo 'warm' filter effect). The Celestia program provides a nice grid which was rotated to match the BL1 image with respect to the terminator and S polar-centric vortex.

Posted by: Astro0 Jul 20 2013, 01:29 PM

Polar vortex animation. Images n00213730 to 39. Taken July 11, 2013

Noisy but nice

Posted by: ugordan Jul 20 2013, 03:20 PM

A few color images of the vortex from the PDS releases:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/8611586940/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/8610480869/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/8611671328/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/8614252640/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/9231892028/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/9328631074/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/9328689748/sizes/o/