Cloud in the Stratosphere Over Titan's North Pole (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Cloud in the Stratosphere Over Titan's North Pole

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This cloud in the stratosphere over Titan's north pole (left) is similar to Earth's polar stratospheric clouds (right). NASA scientists found that Titan's cloud contains methane ice, which was not previously thought to form in that part of the atmosphere. Cassini first spotted the cloud in 2006.

Credit

L. NASA/JPL/U. of Ariz./LPGNantes; R. NASA/GSFC/M. Schoeberl

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