Titan's atmosphere (IMAGE)

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Titan's atmosphere

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In the upper layer of Titan's atmosphere, visible here in blue light, methane molecules are being dissociated by sunlight and recombining into ethane and acetylene molecules. Further down, the orange mists completely hide the surface.

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NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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