First photo ever of liquid from another world
By Bionicman
@Bionicman (3958)
Czech Republic
December 20, 2009 10:09am CST
NASA revealed the first image from space showing reflection of sunlight from a lake on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. This is the first time outside Earth we've seen specular reflection from another liquid from another body. Titan is the only body in our solar system that is believed to have a liquid on it's surface. It's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen. The reflection appeared on the Titan's lake called Kraken Mare, 150,000 square miles (400,000 square kilometers), which is larger than the largest lake on Earth, the Caspian See. Temperature on Titan is around minus-180 degrees Celsius. The photo comes from the spacecraft Cassini
Read CNN article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/12/18/saturn.titan.reflection/index.html
2 responses
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
20 Dec 09
Very cool, thanks. I think its interesting that we are looking for life forms on other planets, makes me think that we are getting ready for an influx of aliens or soemething.



