Cassini Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan

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A comparison view of a lake on Titan and Lake Superior. Image credit: NASAJPLGSFC
A comparison view of a lake on Titan and Lake Superior. Image credit: NASA/JPL/GSFC

Instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found evidence for seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. One such feature is larger than any of the Great Lakes of North America and is about the same size as several seas on Earth.


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