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[Juramike]

T43 Mission description is now up!

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/prod...description.pdf

Some highlights:

• Radiometry of western Fensal-Aztlan (will fill in a big chunk of the radiometry map)
• SAR RADAR of Tui Regio in Xanadu and Tortola Facula as well as a very interesting piece of terrian in NE Shangri-La. (Lotsa bright-dark boundaries, maybe some cool islands, dunes, "shallower" areas ) Also some imaging over Dilmun.
• Cloud imaging by VIMS and ISS observations

-Mike

[volcanopele]

Impact Craters
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10655

This crater is located within Juramike's favorite feature, the Spaghetti Monster. Crater not clear in ISS images, so no albedo markings are associated with this feature.

The ridges in the other released cutout were seen in the T20 HiSAR swath (I think that's T20) anyway.

[Juramike]

Impact Craters
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10655

This crater is located within Juramike's favorite feature, the Spaghetti Monster. Crater not clear in ISS images, so no albedo markings are associated with this feature.

Here is my estimated position (somewhere in there) of the Dilmun crater. Right inside the funky feature far to the N of Adiri (Spaghetti Monster, Dancing Monkey, Squiggly Thing, etc.)



Many way cool things around the crater (image above). The downwind side of the crater appears RADAR smooth dark. In addition, there are symmetrically placed bright patches on either side of the craters wind shadow. RADAR-brighter (rougher or fluffy) windblown deposits?

What is NOT observed is also interesting, this SAR image should be smack dab in the middle of the Dancing Monkey (Spaghetti Monster feature). So while by ISS it is evident, by RADAR it is subtle.

One subtlety is a long RADAR dark streak bounded by very slightly RADAR brighter mateial. This is indicated by the red arrows. This might be the origin of the ISS-dark streak.



The T21 RADAR swath had similar features (above) that seemed to coincide with the ISS-dark polar lanes (Polar Stripes) in the polar region of Titan. The two features might be similar.

The Dancing Monkey (and Polar Stripes) features might both be graben that have been infilled with wind-sorted material. The finer, smoother stuff is RADAR dark and ISS dark. Alternatively, maybe organics in the graben bottom may be responsible for the dark color.

-Mike