Storm Brews Over Titan's Tropical Desert

Gemini Observatory/AURA/Henry Roe, Lowell Observatory/Emily Schaller, Insitute for Astronomy, University of Hawai‘i

Storm Brews Over Titan's Tropical Desert

Gemini North adaptive optics image of Titan showing storm feature (bright area). Titan is about 0.8 arcsecond across in this 2.12 micron near-infrared image obtained on April 14, 2008 (UTC). Note to photo editors: This image is provided at full pixel resolution and is not available at higher resolution due to the nature of these data.

About the Image

ID: gemini0905b
Type: Planetary

About the Object

Name: Titan (moon)

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