The Huygens probe set down on Titan one of Saturn's moons in 2005 after a 7 year journey, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created. A joint effort between NASA and The European Space Agency the Huygens probe separated from the robotic Cassini spacecraft soon after it achieved orbit around Saturn in late 2004 and began approaching Titan.
For two hours after arriving, Huygens plummeted toward Titan's surface it deployed a parachute to slow its decent and began transmitting images of a strange surface far below never seen before in visible light.
They are the only images taken on the surface of another body this far away from the sun.
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