| Titan,
the largest of Saturn's 14 known satellites, shows little more than the
upper layers of clouds covering the moon in this Voyager 1 picture, taken
on November 4, 1980 at a range of 12 million kilometers. |
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The
orange colored haze, believed to be composed of photochemically produced
hydrocarbons, hides Titan's solid surface from the Voyager cameras. Some
weak shadings in the clouds are becoming visible. However. note that the
satellite's southern (lower) hemisphere is brighter than the northern. It
is not known whether these subtle shadings are on the surface or are due
to clouds below a high haze layer. |
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