Huygens's descent to Titan's surface

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • On 15 October 1997, NASA's Cassini orbiter embarked on an epic, seven-year voyage to the Saturnian system. Hitching a ride was ESA's Huygens probe, destined for Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The final chapter of the interplanetary trek for Huygens began on 25 December 2004 when it deployed from the orbiter for a 22-day solo cruise toward the haze-shrouded moon. Plunging into Titan’s atmosphere, on 14 January 2005, the probe survived the hazardous 2 hour 27 minute descent to touch down safely on Titan’s frozen surface.
    This narrated movie, created with data collected by the Huygens Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR), depicts the view from Huygens during the last few hours of this historic journey.
    This new version of the movie uses updated DISR data and was released on 14 January 2015 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Huygen's landing on Titan.
    Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
    Video: Erich Karkoschka, DISR team, University of Arizona. Script: Chuck See, DISR team, University of Arizona. Narration: David Harrington. Music: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 by Debbie Hu (Yelm, Washington, USA).
    More information about this video can be found at sci.esa.int/cas...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 92

  • @medviation
    @medviation 6 років тому +107

    Science makes me sob in awe and joy sometimes.

  • @snosibsnob3930
    @snosibsnob3930 5 років тому +111

    Why are people trying to "disprove" this as real footage? It was never meant to be real footage, just an animation based on photos and renderings to show Huygens descent

    • @sylvesterdakatt3150
      @sylvesterdakatt3150 3 роки тому +7

      Where is the real footage?

    • @Spacehooper
      @Spacehooper 2 роки тому +1

      @@sylvesterdakatt3150 I saw it in black and white, I can’t find it on my computer, if I find it I’ll show it to everyone.

    • @mokiloke
      @mokiloke Рік тому +3

      They need to watermark all these new missions and space footage, as its become impossible to tell and i find it kind of annoying that they dont say it up front a lot of the time. Is there real footage, as im super interested

    • @franklittle8124
      @franklittle8124 Рік тому +21

      It IS real "footage", made from assembling and stitching the thousands of short-interval and narrow angle images from the probe's cameras through the descent and landing. It is not a 'rendering".

    • @Abyssal_Fisher
      @Abyssal_Fisher Рік тому +3

      Facts!!! I do wish they said that right away in the beginning though, to let all the slower folk know. I personally saw this a while ago and looked it up. Funny how you find things out when you actually try lol

  • @franciscopagan3255
    @franciscopagan3255 2 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful Titan!❤Thanks!🪐

  • @soliriabridges1470
    @soliriabridges1470 4 роки тому +21

    Every time I see a picture of a planet or a video, my brain automatically thinks "photoshop. Fake." Because it's so crazy to think that we can see something so far awat, so clearly

    • @grovestreet9165
      @grovestreet9165 4 роки тому +4

      This was just animation not the real video but the last picture was actually real you can even see other planets from the telescope clearly

    • @davidk6264
      @davidk6264 Рік тому

      yeah like a video call a mile away, impossible.

    • @franklittle8124
      @franklittle8124 Рік тому +2

      @@grovestreet9165 No, it is all real imagery. Why is tat so hard to believe?

    • @dosomestuff1949
      @dosomestuff1949 Рік тому +5

      @@grovestreet9165this wasn’t an animation, it was a video that was put together by stitching many pictures that the probe took

    • @travisbromell3660
      @travisbromell3660 4 місяці тому

      telescope in space cuz

  • @SEN0BRM
    @SEN0BRM 5 років тому +25

    Soooo google maps has already done titan
    Where’s the nearest gas station?

    • @benjwgarner
      @benjwgarner 5 років тому +12

      No need for gas stations, there are surface hydrocarbon lakes!

    • @lizzychrome7630
      @lizzychrome7630 4 роки тому +7

      You're looking at the gas station of the solar system, dude!

  • @jeffaschwarz
    @jeffaschwarz 2 місяці тому +4

    Is this an animation or are these actual pictures/data returned by the probe?

    • @jardel_lucca
      @jardel_lucca 2 місяці тому +4

      It's mostly real, with some sort of arrangements.

  • @carmenestrada8972
    @carmenestrada8972 2 місяці тому +1

    Muy Claramente se observa👀un hábitat de "3ra dimensión" donde de evolucionar seres👽serán de ese mismo grado de avance😳Nosotros en la tierra apenas vamos por el .73% del 1er grado en dimensión. "Escala de Kardashov"

  • @shane1039
    @shane1039 6 років тому +7

    Looks like Space Engine. 😂

  • @wkanost
    @wkanost 2 роки тому +4

    I can see my house!

  • @Planetkid32
    @Planetkid32 Рік тому

    Anybody know where (or if) I can find this cover of Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 that Debbie Hu made?

  • @digit313
    @digit313 3 роки тому +5

    I want to watch the actual footage of the landing and passing through atmpsophere.

    • @Sleanux
      @Sleanux 3 роки тому +9

      You wouldn't want to see pictures passing by like a powerpoint presentation. And i'm pretty sure you'd call it "fake".

    • @franklittle8124
      @franklittle8124 Рік тому +2

      This is the actual footage.

  • @lizzychrome7630
    @lizzychrome7630 4 роки тому

    Wa-tur-ice rocks!

  • @TimCrinion
    @TimCrinion 4 роки тому +2

    Is any of this photoshopped? 2:25 looks a bit like zooming in on an image.

    • @basically1974
      @basically1974 4 роки тому +11

      Original Hyugen didn’t take a video it sent pictures and this is an animation based on those photos that Hyugen sent

    • @Roartal
      @Roartal 4 роки тому +6

      @Jan Brady Because that's not the point of this video, the author wanted to approximate what the landing could've looked like. You can find the raw images on the web photojournal from NASA.

    • @__T.O.G.
      @__T.O.G. 3 роки тому

      @Jan Brady on the side of the screen during its decent was a real picture

  • @wakaoz3029
    @wakaoz3029 2 місяці тому

    Tell me they finally found Thanos!

  • @davidevans3227
    @davidevans3227 Рік тому +3

    check out the astrum channel, some very interesting and informative videos explaining loads of stuff like this..

  • @NSAwatchesME
    @NSAwatchesME 7 років тому

    very scientific

  • @isaacberryXERXEESE
    @isaacberryXERXEESE 8 місяців тому

    NASA Use what is called a giant "Long Focal Fresnel Lens" The focal point is so far away all you get is heat and warmth aimed through it from the sun on mars,,,no need for heaters just set up thin pieces of plastic giant "Long Focal Fresnel Lens" folded up in a rocket... I really could care less for getting credit i am a space nut not a narcissist...3b

  • @helium73
    @helium73 7 років тому +3

    First of all, Please explain why there are blurry patches with absolutely no detail at all. Does no one see that? Not only that but there is an impossibly sharp boundary between the clear and blurry part which suggests a computer image of some kind. It's just so pointless I don't see it as proof an hoax since no one would be that careless in making some hoax.

    • @Lumpiluk
      @Lumpiluk 6 років тому +22

      The probe did not record a wide-angle video in the visible spectrum, but it did record a series of still images at different heights of slightly different locations. I assume that for this video these images were carefully aligned to match a CG animation of the descent for visualization purposes. I think it's more honest to keep the blurry patches instead of making up details for the places no camera was pointed at.
      I found some information on the camera equipment here: sci.esa.int/cassini-huygens/31193-instruments/?fbodylongid=734
      I also recommend looking at the Twitter profiles of @SpaceGeck and @_TheSeaning. They do this kind of compositing masterfully and regularly.

    • @peacealien37
      @peacealien37 6 років тому

      So, why can NASA rarely provide actual footage instead of a rendering of what they claim to do?

    • @snosibsnob3930
      @snosibsnob3930 5 років тому +13

      @@peacealien37 Because video processing power requires transmission tech that would add a lot of complexity and weight to the mission. Also keep in mind the mission began in 1997, not 2017. Space is massive, and shit takes time.

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin 4 роки тому +4

      The probe had a narrow-angle, monochrome camera that pointed in a fixed direction relative to the probe as it fell and rotated. The idea was that the probe's rotation would effectively scan the region around it, but the rotation turned out to be much faster than predicted and in the opposite direction, which produced somewhat jumbled results. The image quality is not great because of the heavy compression required for the limited bandwidth back to the Cassini probe, which relayed the signal. Also, about half of the images were lost to a communication error. So what we have here is a reconstruction based on piecing together the individual images that were available. The imagery is real, but it's been assembled into a CGI simulation of the descent. The colors are also a reconstruction based on other sensor data.

    • @fourexample7448
      @fourexample7448 4 роки тому +1

      orion37 Titan gets 0.1% of the light Earth gets, so you can't exactly take a normal 'video'

  • @dankcik09
    @dankcik09 7 років тому +3

    this cant be real. there is no depth. clearly the images are blurred out when its closest to the surface.

    • @SlavicDragovtev
      @SlavicDragovtev 7 років тому +36

      This is reconstructed data. It is not the same as a picture taken from your camera. The video was made using a series of pictures taken at intervals much larger than the 1/24 seconds your camera does. It's similar to how Google Maps' Street View is reconstructed. Ever seen your street on Google Maps? Is that not real too?

    • @FlatEnough
      @FlatEnough 5 років тому +1

      Of course it's not real. It is an animation on a screen

  • @raydenkundera857
    @raydenkundera857 3 роки тому +1

    Haha, fake. It is simulation again.

    • @Luan-RT
      @Luan-RT 3 роки тому +1

      It's a simulation based on real images, are you stupid or what.

    • @vanbongphan3789
      @vanbongphan3789 2 роки тому

      Noo i know its a computer simulation but its made by stitching real images toghether.

  • @Noel127
    @Noel127 6 років тому +2

    looks fake AF

    • @docpossum2460
      @docpossum2460 5 років тому +13

      It's some images made into a animation of sorts, it's not a video.

  • @akyura00
    @akyura00 4 роки тому

    the earth and the moon isnt that nearby. sadly i think this video is a fake ;/

    • @franklittle8124
      @franklittle8124 Рік тому

      @@williamony7080 No, that really is imagery from the probe's camera of the Earth and moon passing over the disc of the sun. Not sure what the guy means by "nearby" - it is a telescopic view obviously.

  • @notnotpossible3985
    @notnotpossible3985 7 років тому +2

    Too fake. Heavily suggests that real footage doesn't exist.

    • @docpossum2460
      @docpossum2460 5 років тому +5

      It's picture's.

    • @cagliari5984
      @cagliari5984 4 роки тому +4

      Bruh how dumb are you lol

    • @tonycook1624
      @tonycook1624 Рік тому

      Idiot - read the description - its constructed animation made from the series of still images the probe made while descending, They even tell you that!

  • @harryandruschak2843
    @harryandruschak2843 7 років тому +14

    Wonderful!

  • @mrcmusic1
    @mrcmusic1 4 роки тому +2

    There you go true science no fiction Beauty..

  • @dumaguetedreamer
    @dumaguetedreamer 3 місяці тому +1

    I spotted Waldo on the left.

  • @pingpong5000
    @pingpong5000 7 років тому +1

    Wow

  • @pursuitofscience5737
    @pursuitofscience5737 2 роки тому

    Can I use this video for my UA-cam video?

  • @EmeryPearson
    @EmeryPearson Рік тому

    Seth Rogen narrating?

  • @susanmyers4029
    @susanmyers4029 4 місяці тому

    😳😮😶 ♥️

  • @ashishbhatt3467
    @ashishbhatt3467 2 роки тому

    i wonder what will happen if someone light a match in that atmosphere?

    • @michaelclarke1986
      @michaelclarke1986 2 роки тому +7

      No oxygen, so nothing.

    • @ashishbhatt3467
      @ashishbhatt3467 2 роки тому +1

      @@michaelclarke1986 but methane is there..a highly flammable gas

    • @michaelclarke1986
      @michaelclarke1986 2 роки тому +6

      @@ashishbhatt3467 that actually doesn't matter. The chemical reaction to ignite methane requires oxygen.

    • @brightax7502
      @brightax7502 2 роки тому +3

      @@michaelclarke1986 yeah because if it has oxygen it would already have burned

  • @stephanehardy123456
    @stephanehardy123456 6 років тому +1

    I calculated a lot less atmosphere. 26 km/h at 12 km. That is very dense. Nitrogen, helium, oxygen, there are hydrocarbons.

  • @Spacehooper
    @Spacehooper 2 роки тому +1

    Is fake, no real video. I'm looking for a real video of the descent, I saw it before, it's black and white made up of real shots, if anyone has a link.

    • @vanbongphan3789
      @vanbongphan3789 2 роки тому +1

      There are no videos recorded by Huygens's camera. This is a computer simulation of how Huygens could have landed on Titan. Also the video contains real images by Huygens stitched together. Hope you understand.

    • @brightax7502
      @brightax7502 2 роки тому +1

      there is a real image

    • @Howsurfarthers
      @Howsurfarthers 2 місяці тому

      No real video only a time lapse of photos taken on landing. This is just nicer to look at

  • @andreburruss11
    @andreburruss11 6 років тому +1

    They say titan has liquid methane oceans.THE ONE VIDEO WE GET HAS NONE OF THAT WE JUST SEE ROCKS!! WHAT THE FUCK

    • @hubbletrubble7875
      @hubbletrubble7875 3 роки тому +2

      it's cause it didnt land in or near the oceans.

    • @andreburruss11
      @andreburruss11 3 роки тому

      @@hubbletrubble7875 yeah but why

    • @markanthony4546
      @markanthony4546 3 роки тому +5

      Bro it’s the second largest moon in the solar system. That’s like landing in the middle of Australia and going “hey I thought this planet was 71% water!”

    • @andreburruss11
      @andreburruss11 3 роки тому

      @@markanthony4546 are u telling me you'd rather see more rocks than a liquid Ocean on another planet why waste billions of dollars to see the same old shit,they go on and on and the liquid Oceans on titans and the H2O polar caps on mars and you're gonna sit here and tell me your satisfied with seeing rocks

    • @markanthony4546
      @markanthony4546 3 роки тому +4

      @@andreburruss11 I don’t think you understand that when landing on an alien planet, you can’t be picky about your opinions. Also how TF was a probe meant to land in an ocean? That adds way more complications.

  • @bigviel3298
    @bigviel3298 7 років тому +11

    This is a computer game lol