Titan's clouds in motion

Cassini (ISS) /NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Alexis Tranchandon / Solaris

Titan's clouds in motion

The animation show clouds in motion over Titan's south pole, assembled from 24 (CL1 CB3 filters) frames obtained by the Cassini spacecraft on 24 October, 2004.

Processed with Gimp to better see clouds & surface details; cleaned, rotated (South is up, for a better viewing comfort of the clouds. A more classic orientation can be seen here: https://goo.gl/jExqyO ), the animation plays forwards and backwards. The delay between frames is 60ms. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alex-is-solaris/30129409065/in/dateposted-public/

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