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Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Titan in natural color and infrared

Titan in natural color and infrared
Titan in natural color and infrared

Left: Titan in natural color from Cassini ISS wideband red, green, blue, and UV filter images in their respective channels, with blue and UV sharing the blue channel.

Right side: Narrowband data allow us to peek through Titan's haze. In this view, the red channel is infrared, and green and blue are two methane bands (MT1 and MT2, respectively). The infrared data has been applied as luminosity to further enhance the visibility of Titan's surface features.

NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Judy Schmidt

Filters used in these images:

Left
Red: RED 650W
Green: GRN 568W
Blue: BL1 451W + UV3 338W

Right
Red: CB3 938N
Green: MT2 727N
Blue: MT1 619N