Titan light

[Gian]

Is there a way we can estimate light (lux) levels in broad daylight on Titan? eg would it be like a cloudy day here on Earth, dusk or no more light than with a full moon?

 

Would the clouds be thin enough for an astronaut to see Saturn? Do the clouds ever part to give a clear sky? I've heard the sky would be orange with green methane rain. Would it always be foggy or could we see long distances?

 

I'm an art student and I want to do a landscape painting of the surface of Titan

 

cheerz

 

Gian x

[Enthalpy]

Quite a bit is known about Titan from direct observation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens

 

Been there, seen that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_probe#Detailed_Huygens_activity_timeline

 

At Titan's distance to sun, light is still strong in space, but how opaque is its atmosphere? You could ask Esa as they operated Huygens.

[Airbrush]

Would it always be foggy or could we see long distances?

 

I'm an art student and I want to do a landscape painting of the surface of Titan

 

cheerz

 

Gian x

 

I've seen a couple of documentaries about the Cassini/Huygens mission on the Science Channel. Do you get that channel?

 

The illustrators show that you CAN see long distances. They probably asked the scientists the same questions before making the documentaries. Or the scientists would have told the illustrators what it looks like. The rocks are made of water-ice and the lakes of methane.

Edited November 21, 2013 by Airbrush

[Janus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_skies#The_sky_of_Titan