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Image: Tortola Facula in infrared

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Description: This high-resolution infrared image was taken during the Cassini spacecraft's closest approach to Titan on Oct. 26, 2004. These images were obtained by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument and show a bright, circular feature (8.5 degrees latitude, minus 143.5 degrees longitude) with two elongated wings extending westwards, later named Tortola Facula and dubbed "The Snail" due to the curling shape. Scientists formerly interpeted this feature as cryovolcano. The resolution in the image varies from 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) per pixel to 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles) per pixel.
Title: Tortola Facula in infrared
Credit: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07962 (enlarged 200% and cropped to focus on Tortola)
Author: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona / LPL; modified by User:Huntster
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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