Cloudy Titan (enhanced)

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An enhanced view of Titan's cloud bands on October 17, 2010. This image is the ratio of two images taken through methane window and blue filters, which cancels out some of the blurring effect of the atmosphere and reveals surface features (which appear dark) as well as a huge equatorial band of clouds (which appear bright). It also enhances the north polar hood and reveals some clouds in the mid-southern latitudes.

NASA / JPL / SSI / composite by Gordan Ugarkovic

Copyright holder: Gordan Ugarkovic

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