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Titan Photos and Sounds

Posted by michael on from the take-me-to-your-leader dept.

ahsile writes "NASA and the ESA have released the first images from Titan. The ESA also has available sounds from the surface." Reader ZZip writes: "Apparently a bunch of enthusiasts has compiled the first mosaics from the raw data delivered by the Huygens probe. Meanwhile space.com has more coverage and pictures from NASA/ESA." Say a silent thank-you to the persistent troubleshooters of the world, without whom none of this would be possible.

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  1. Wow, I believe... by thrill12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    this must be the best SID tune I have ever heard !
    Even better than Pole Position II !

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    1. Re:Wow, I believe... by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      They still haven't released the final sequence. They're still trying to figure out that one.

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  2. Freaky... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could have sworn on the descent I heard "I for one welcome our new Huygens overlords" in the static

  3. So much for Titan being a sea! by solafide · · Score: 2, Funny
    Remember that Huygens was to sink beneath the waves rapidly, but as it sank, it would take pictures of the ocean? So much for the wisdom of the scientists!

    Are those lumps of ice as one suggested or are they rocks? They look more like rocks.

    Does Huygens have a bore? Imagine what would happen if they found silver, uranium, plutonium, platinium, etc. on Titan! The biggest "gold" rush ever!

    Cool!

    Billy

    1. Re:So much for Titan being a sea! by centauri · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought scientists had Intelligence, not Wisdom. They certainly don't have Strength or Charisma.

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  4. Keep your photos by Kipsaysso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until I see a monolith!

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    1. Re:Keep your photos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or a small plastic dino appears:-)

    2. Re:Keep your photos by yppiz · · Score: 4, Funny
      I see two monoliths!

      --Pat / zippy@cs.brandeis.edu

  5. ObStarwars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimed ia/pia06561.html

    That's no moon...

  6. Re:Where is the sound.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, just a titanic one.

  7. Re:Sounds by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone know why the volume seems to change every second on the acoustic descent pickup?

    IT SEEms perfECTLY all RIGHt to ME.

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  8. Re:Where is the sound.. by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 3, Funny

    They won't release it... they think the animal rights folks might get upset over the squeals of pain.

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  9. Hey its me Mario.. by sponga · · Score: 2, Funny

    thought i was playing Super Mario World for a second when i played the radar sound.

  10. What is that huge black... by nurb432 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait.. its full of stars.....

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  11. Re:We need high res pics by Bastian · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can the guys from ESA and NASA extract much information from blurred images?

    You obviously don't watch CSI.

  12. Re:Where is the sound.. by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where is the sound of it hitting the ground. I just heard air/methane rushing by.

    Here is the ASCII version in case you missed it:

    ShshshshshshshshshshshTHUNK! :-)

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