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titanicrivers

Sep 24 2010, 01:50 AM

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Some of those cool Sept 21 images are increasing my anticipation of the T72 flyby (due to happen in about 17 hrs)!

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titanicrivers

Nov 4 2010, 02:51 PM

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T72 storm cloud details using enhancement of the raw images with Photoshop. Originals rotated 205 deg left. The top of cloud appears to have layered structure in (a) CL1 CB3 and a difference blend of that with the CL1 CB1 image shows interesting differences (d) that when magnified (e) look similar to the clusters of cloud tops imaged in 2004 by Cassini (f) see http://ciclops.org/media/sp/2009/5480_12560_0.pdf

While these could be artifacts of processing, clusters of individual storms are predicted in models of Titan methane cloud formations that grow to produce intense precipitation. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/...ature04933.html

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titanicrivers T72 Flyby Sep 24 2010, 01:50 AM

titanicrivers Some T72 Titan flyby raw images have come down... Sep 26 2010, 04:37 PM

Vultur Cool image. I wonder if the vaguely meteor-lookin... Sep 27 2010, 02:50 AM

volcanopele Cosmic ray hit on the CCD. Sep 27 2010, 03:03 AM

ugordan Yeah, data dropouts are always aligned horizontall... Sep 27 2010, 07:43 AM

Vultur QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 27 2010, 03:03 A... Sep 27 2010, 09:27 PM

titanicrivers Outbound WAC view of Adiri (W00065688) maps well o... Sep 28 2010, 07:27 AM

remcook This seems interesting http://saturn.jpl.nasa.g... Sep 28 2010, 11:50 AM

ugordan QUOTE (remcook @ Sep 28 2010, 01:50 PM) T... Sep 28 2010, 01:05 PM

titanicrivers Looks like another big equatorial storm cloud over... Sep 28 2010, 01:12 PM

remcook As the winds are supposed to be eastwards through ... Sep 28 2010, 01:14 PM

ugordan Whatever it is, it appears to be well inside the h... Sep 28 2010, 01:59 PM

titanicrivers QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 28 2010, 08:59 AM) W... Sep 28 2010, 02:25 PM

Juramike The center of the cloud is located over S Senkyo, ... Sep 28 2010, 01:35 PM

remcook ... but then the flow would have to be westward... Sep 28 2010, 02:20 PM

remcook mmm perhaps a bit like the v-shaped markings on Ve... Sep 28 2010, 02:58 PM

titanicrivers The zonal atmospheric flow pattern may be differen... Sep 28 2010, 04:38 PM

ugordan Here's a ratio image of a stack of flatfielded... Sep 28 2010, 04:45 PM

Juramike Thanks Gordan. I had suspected that there were tw... Sep 28 2010, 04:51 PM

ngunn It would be interesting to see that reprojected to... Sep 28 2010, 06:33 PM

ugordan A reprojected view so close to the limb would only... Sep 28 2010, 06:37 PM

titanicrivers QUOTE (ngunn @ Sep 28 2010, 01:33 PM) It ... Oct 30 2010, 08:13 PM

ngunn Thanks for doing that! I never get tired of as... Oct 30 2010, 10:42 PM

djellison It would be incredibly distorted being so close to... Sep 28 2010, 06:34 PM

ngunn Agreed, differences in elevation could distort the... Sep 28 2010, 07:03 PM

ngunn Some further thoughts - - All previous cloud patc... Sep 28 2010, 10:07 PM

titanicrivers The extent of this cloud and its shape seems uniqu... Sep 28 2010, 11:40 PM

Floyd I know a bunch of hard core planetary climate scie... Sep 29 2010, 12:27 AM

belleraphon1 Wow! Craig Sep 29 2010, 01:13 AM

nprev Indeed! Gonna be fascinating to hear the pros... Sep 29 2010, 01:48 AM

titanicrivers QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 28 2010, 08:48 PM) Ind... Sep 29 2010, 06:21 AM

SFJCody Mike Brown posted this on twitter: QUOTE looks li... Sep 29 2010, 06:53 AM

volcanopele QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 28 2010, 11:53 PM) M... Sep 29 2010, 07:36 AM

Paolo QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 29 2010, 09:36 A... Oct 15 2010, 06:22 PM

titanicrivers QUOTE (Paolo @ Oct 15 2010, 01:22 PM) The... Oct 16 2010, 08:26 AM

Juramike Yup. They noticed. cpcomments e-mail went out 8:... Sep 29 2010, 02:54 AM

remcook QUOTE (titanicrivers @ Sep 28 2010, 04:38... Sep 29 2010, 07:10 AM

remcook QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 29 2010, 06:53 AM) M... Sep 29 2010, 07:36 AM

remcook VP: that's what I thought, but apparently not ... Sep 29 2010, 08:00 AM

Littlebit This is frustrating: No matter how hard I try to i... Sep 30 2010, 12:42 PM

titanicrivers Titan with the spectacular T72 S Senkyo cloud were... Oct 7 2010, 08:01 AM

machi I think that this is largest non-polar cloud photo... Oct 7 2010, 10:02 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (machi @ Oct 7 2010, 06:02 AM) It... Oct 7 2010, 05:39 PM

titanicrivers T72 storm cloud details using enhancement of the r... Nov 4 2010, 02:51 PM

titanicrivers With the stretched T72 storm image map above and V... Nov 7 2010, 03:25 AM

ugordan More haze, this time it's the south pole Ca... Jul 2 2011, 02:36 PM

remcook Nice! It's nice to see the haze now also a... Jul 2 2011, 04:41 PM

ugordan I don't know if "accumulating" is th... Jul 2 2011, 05:18 PM

nprev Fascinating to watch the slow march of the seasons... Jul 2 2011, 05:32 PM

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