Titan Lakes (IMAGE)

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Titan Lakes

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A false-color, near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the moon's seas and lakes. Orange areas near some of them may be deposits of organic evaporite minerals left behind by receding liquid hydrocarbon.

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NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute

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