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October 28, 2013

Cassini Gets New Views of Titan's Land of Lakes
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 24, 2013
With the sun now shining down over the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, a little luck with the weather, and trajectories that put the spacecraft into optimal viewing positions, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained new pictures of the liquid methane and ethane seas and lakes that reside near Titan's north pole. The images reveal new clues about how the lakes formed and about Titan's Earth-like "hydrologic" cycle, which involves hydrocarbons rather than water. While there is one large lake and a ... read more

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