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First Picture Of Lake Outside Of Earth

This picture has a bit of an eerie feeling to it, but it’s also quite amazing. This is Titan, one of the many moons of Saturn. While not made of water like those of our own, the lakes of Titan are made of liquid methane.

A haze of methane enshrouds Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and prevents scientists from seeing most sunlight reflections off the surface. But NASA’s Cassini orbiter managed to snap a stunning image of sunlight glinting off a huge, liquid methane lake — a smoking gun that confirms liquid in the northern hemisphere.

Titan remains the only other planetary body besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, and appears eerily similar to our world as far as rain and other weather patterns. But instead of liquid water, methane and ethane drizzle down from Titan’s atmosphere and fill the many lakes dotting the moon.

[PopSci via Neatorama, Image Credit: NASA]

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