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Methane Lakes on Titan
June 18, 2012 | NASA

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the “tropics” of Saturn’s moon Titan. One of the tropical lakes appears to be about half the size of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, with a depth of at least 3 feet.” Quoted from the NASA press release.


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