Kirin Eldridge Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Dear All, As I have mentioned on another post on a different forum, I am doing some research for a science-fiction book as part of the story, and I was wondering about some details of the moon Titan. One chapter describes the crew landing on Titan and disembarking from a spacecraft onto the surface. My question is this: What would they see across the surface? I read somewhere that Titan has a denser atmosphere that Earth, and there is a layer of haze at some point. However, would this haze be seen as a sort of fog across the rock? Or would the low-level air be clear enough to see for a long distance? Please provide any explanations you can; it would be greatly appreciated. Yours, Kirin Eldridge Edited May 30, 2014 by Kirin Eldridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Dear All, As I have mentioned on another post on a different forum, I am doing some research for a science-fiction book as part of the story, and I was wondering about some details of the moon Titan. One chapter describes the crew landing on Titan and disembarking from a spacecraft onto the surface. My question is this: What would they see across the surface? I read somewhere that Titan has a denser atmosphere that Earth, and there is a layer of haze at some point. However, would this haze be seen as a sort of fog across the rock? Or would the low-level air be clear enough to see for a long distance? Please provide any explanations you can; it would be greatly appreciated. Yours, Kirin Eldridge According to the Cassini/Huygens probe the cloud layer stopped at a reasonable altitude. Doesn't mean there couldn't be fog or mists... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_(spacecraft) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Huygens_surface_color.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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