Titan’s northern hemisphere is currently enjoying the summer season, and, based on images taken by the Cassini spacecraft in late October, it comes complete with billowing clouds.
Titan’s northern hemisphere is currently enjoying the summer season, and, based on images taken by the Cassini spacecraft in late October, it comes complete with billowing clouds.
A time-lapse video put together by NASA shows the fluffy methane masses as they move over the largest of Saturn’s moons at a pace of up to 22 miles per hour.
While the segment is only about a minute long, it represents 11 hours of activity on the lunar orb.
According to NASA, Cassini was able to capture the streams as they formed and dissipated by using “infrared filters” and its “narrow-angle camera.”
Prior to this extended observation, most of Cassini’s missions were short and limited to a smattering of photos taken over days and sometimes weeks.
This longer study will allow researchers to gain greater insights into Titan’s weather cycles.
