Where In The Universe Challenge #14
Written by Nancy Atkinson
Here's this week's image for the "Where In The Universe" challenge. Take a look at the image above and guess where in our universe this image was taken. Extra points if you can name the spacecraft responsible for the image as well. No peeking below before you make your guess. Of course, some of our readers out there don't guess: they KNOW! Universe Today draws some pretty savvy space buffs who know their stuff. Hopefully this weekly challenge is helping everyone to hone (or show off?) their skills.
Ready? Go!
This week's image is a composite image, composed of two images taken with Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows a crescent view of Saturn's moon Titan.
The data were obtained during a flyby on July 22, 2006, at a distance of 15,700 kilometers (9,700 miles) from Titan. The image was constructed from images taken at wavelengths of 1.26 microns shown in blue, 2 microns shown in green, and 5 microns shown in red.
Not only is Titan a very intriguing world, its beautiful as well. Just a little chilly there, though.
How'd you do in this week's challenge?
Filed under: Where In the Universe?
July 31st, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I thought it was the Moon as seen through my eyes on a Saturday night
August 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm
How about dwarf planet Titan (as seen by Cassini) ! It's bigger than Mercury & has cleared its orbit around Saturn….or…..uh…..well its not a Plutoid.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
The only other place it could have been was Venus.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
it is a very nice picture…so proud of u
August 4th, 2008 at 10:30 am
This one was very easy…My 8 year old daughter and I look forward to the challenge each week. Please keep them coming!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Woohoo!! I got this one without peeking. Thanks for throwing us an easier one, and keep 'em coming, Nancy.
~Nick