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To: Lokibob

About the shadows:

1. You're forgeting the intense reflection from Saturn of Sunlight. Saturn in one of the brightest bodies in the solar system. Also Titan always has the same face turned toward Saturn and Huygens is landing on that face.

2. Image intensifiers on the cameras. Just like our nightvision, we're amplifying the available light and shadows would still exist because the available light is greater in none shaded areas and less in shaded areas, thereby showing shadows.

It was an honest question, I didn't think you had tin-foil on even if others did.

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35 posted on 01/14/2005 4:11:51 PM PST by JasonColeman
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To: JasonColeman

ugh, spelling, sorry


36 posted on 01/14/2005 4:13:10 PM PST by JasonColeman
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To: JasonColeman

Thinking more about it, we don't know the details of the picture. It could be a 30 second or a 30 minute exposure. It could be a starlight camera. Never mind, I think I will research the details of the camera they use.


41 posted on 01/14/2005 4:23:33 PM PST by Lokibob (All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
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To: JasonColeman
About the shadows: 1. You're forgeting the intense reflection from Saturn of Sunlight. Saturn in one of the brightest bodies in the solar system. Also Titan always has the same face turned toward Saturn and Huygens is landing on that face.

You bet. Just as our moon reflects sun light off it's lunar surface down to earth. The size of Saturn in Titans sky must be enormous, and many, many times brighter than what we receive from the lunar surface here on earth.

66 posted on 01/14/2005 7:55:57 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (No more illegal alien sympathizers from Texas. America has one too many.)
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