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Dec 09

A Flash of Light from Titan

Credit: NASA

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The image above, obtained using Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS),
shows the first observed flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan.
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/DLR.

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins. (read more)

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