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Welcome to Titan

What an incredible day yesterday: the first pictures from the surface of Titan! Now, if you’re feeling a little short changed by coverage from the television networks, don’t worry. The Internet is where it’s at. The Universe Today forum has been working to pull together all the pictures and analysis they could find. So, if you want to dig deeper into this momentus day in planetary exploration, here you go.

European Space Agency – First Results from Titan
European Space Agency – Second Release of Pictures
Planetary Society – Sounds from Huygen’s Descent
NASA TV – Ongoing Coverage of Huygen’s Landing
anthony.liekens.net – Images stitched together
Mirror of Raw Images from Huygens

If you find something new, or want to discuss this incredible mission, please join us in the forum.

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