[extropy-chat] Titan images start to come in

[Hal Finney]

Amara writes:
> By the way, the camera is not the best instrument to see through
> the cloud layers onto the surface of Titan. VIMS, the infrared
> instrument of the group where I work in Italy, is one good instrument
> well-suited for this environment. (Another is radar.) Some press
> pictures from VIMS are at the Cassini web site now.
>
> http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cgi?path=../multimedia/images/titan/images/vims-1.jpg&type=image

Will your VIMS produce a spectrum that provides clues to what the dark
and light material are on the surface?  It would be interesting to
know if the black area is just dark rock, or is it some kind of tar-
or oil-like substance?

Hal