# the huygens probe

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-huygens-probe/171814 "2003-04-28T23:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-huygens-probe/171814/1 "2003-04-28T23:53:58Z")

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Is it going to take pictures of Titan’s surface or simply measure the atmosphere without any eye candy?

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-huygens-probe/171814/2 "2003-04-29T01:38:15Z")

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Indeed, there is a camera…

[http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/huygens-mission.cfm](http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/huygens-mission.cfm)

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> During its descent, Huygens’ camera will capture more than 1,100 images, while other instruments will directly sample Titan’s atmosphere and determine its composition.

Yay! Much better than Galileo Jupiter atmosphere probe. These could be the neatest looking pictures since Pathfinder lander, unless Titan is smog all the way down…