The animation starts with the view from Huygens to the sun in the early
hours of January 14, 2005.  The Earth and Moon transit across the sun,
which occurs about once every 15 years, while a central transit like
this one occurs only twice per millennium.  An observer at the Saturn
system would need a telescope with at least 30 power to see the Earth
as a black spot on the solar disk.  The solar image was taken on
January 14, 2005 by the Mees Solar Observatory of the University of
Hawaii, and we appreciate its use.

The second scene zooms out to a wide-angle view with the inner planets
close to the sun (to its right) and the Saturn system far left of the
sun.  Saturn is almost as large as the constellation Orion, surrounded
by the winter constellations.  The fall constellations take the center,
while the sun is in Sagittarius, a summer constellation.  A few
satellites appear as white dots aligned with Saturn's rings, while
Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, is already well resolved.  The motion
of Saturn and its satellites among the stars is calculated based on
the orbit of Huygens.

For the third scene, we align our view looking strait east.  Altitude
above Titan's surface and speed relative to Titan are given at the
bottom right.  At 4:41 Universal Time, the Huygens probe gets its
wake-up call.  At 6:51, the support avionics are also powered, ready
for the entry into Titan's atmosphere.  Shortly after 9 am, the probe
enters Titan's atmosphere, as the heat shield reduces the speed some
15 fold within a few minutes.  At 9:10, the main parachute reduces the
speed further.  Fifteen minutes later, the stabilizer allows a faster
descent at first, but slowing as Huygens enters the lower, denser parts
of Titan's atmosphere.  The bright area near the center top is the
bright part of Titan's haze below the sun.  Further down, more and
more surface features appear as Huygens descends through the haze.
At 21 km altitude, the probe moves through a thin haze layer.
Below 7 km altitude, the forward, eastward motion reverses into a
backward, westward motion, before it reverses again at 1 km altitude.

All features were imaged by the DISR cameras during the descent.
While the original images were black-and-white, they are colorized here
based on the spectral data acquired by the DISR spectrometers.

As Huygens lands, the view is to the southern horizon with ice
rocks visible below.  As the view moves down, nearby rocks of some
20 cm (8 inch) size come into view.  January 14, 2005 started for
Huygens with Titan as a small disk in the night sky.  By noon,
centimeter size pebbles lie in front of Huygens.  Finally, Cassini
receives the last signal from Huygens at 12:50.