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This image of Titan was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on April 30, 2006 when it was approximately 138,143 kilometres away.

The image was taken using the IR5 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Titan was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on April 30, 2006 when it was approximately 32,892 kilometres away.

The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Titan was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on April 30, 2006 when it was approximately 46,755 kilometres away.

The image was taken using the CB3 and CL2 filters.

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The complex and dynamic atmosphere of Titan displays multiple haze layers near the north pole in this view, which also provides an excellent look at the detached stratospheric haze layer that surrounds the moon at lower latitudes.

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North on Titan (5,150 kilometres across) is up and rotated 20 degrees to the left.

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 16, 2006, using a filter sensitive to wavelengths of ultraviolet light centred at 338 nanometers. The image was obtained at a distance of approximately 1.2 million kilometres from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 68 degrees. Image scale is 7 kilometres per pixel.

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This image of Titan was taken by the Cassini spacecraft on March 18, 2006, when it was approximately 102,401 kilometres away

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The image was taken using the CB3 and CL2 filters.

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This image of Titan was taken by the Cassini spacecraft on March 18, 2006, when it was approximately 86,160 kilometres away

The image was taken using the CL1 and CB3 filters.

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This image of Titan was taken by the Cassini spaceprobe on March 18, 2006 when it was approximately 35,130 kilometres away.

The image was taken using the CB3 and CL2 filters.

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This composite of 24 images from the Cassini spacecraft shows multiple layers in Titan's stratospheric haze. The most prominent layer is located about 500 kilometres above the surface and is seen at all latitudes, encircling the moon. The material in this layer is probably a condensed substance, possibly water ice.

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Several other layers are most apparent in the north polar hood (at top), but this view also shows some at other latitudes. The mechanisms that produce these layers are not understood, but waves in the atmosphere are thought to play a significant role.
The images in this composite were taken over a period of 23 minutes. The images were processed to enhance fine detail and then were combined to create this view.
North on Titan is up.
The images were taken in visible light with the narrow-angle camera on Jan. 27, 2006 at a distance of approximately 2.3 million kilometres from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 155 degrees. Image scale is 13 kilometres per pixel.