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hi and welcome to NASA's Jet Propulsion

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Laboratory in Pasadena California my

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name is Todd barber lead propulsion

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engineer on the Cassini mission to

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Saturn here with the latest news from

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the range planet as we complete our

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fourth year of what can only be

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described as a whirlwind tour of Saturn

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Cassini has been monitoring a wild five

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months long storm and sending home

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amazing pictures of it this tempest

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rages with lightning bolts ten thousand

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times more powerful than those found on

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the storm is in a region dubbed storm

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alley by scientists because of activity

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that's constantly brewing there it's not

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unlike Tornado Alley in the Midwestern

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United States on May 12th Cassini

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successfully completed the first of two

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final titan flybys left in its original

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four year tour it's hard to believe

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that's all that's left in this part of

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the mission

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these last prime mission flybys are

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northern hemisphere passes and feature

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the radar instrument which can pierce

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through Titans thick haze down to the

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surface during the May 12th flyby

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Cassini's radar mapped the bright

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continent like feature names an Adu

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which was only partially imaged

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previously overlaps and coverage may

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actually yield stereo or 3d images of

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this region and this first view a set of

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three parallel ridges is seen along with

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what may be an impact crater

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the radar team also targeted a possible

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cryo volcanic feature which was visible

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in previous infrared images as shown in

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these snapshots during our final flyby

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of the original tour on May 28th the

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radar team will image Titan again this

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pass will include imagery over Xanadu

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and inbound altima tree over the area

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image during our previous flyby on a

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very happy closing note I'm thrilled

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along with the rest of the team that

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Cassini's journey will continue for at

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least two more years our extended

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mission named the Saturn Equinox mission

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will commence this summer a two-year

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extravaganza with 26 Titan flybys seven

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and cela dicent counters and one fly by

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each of the icy moons die Oni Raya and

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Helene with your latest news from