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Fog observed on Saturn's moon Titan

By T.K. Randall
December 24, 2009 · Comment icon 7 comments

Image Credit: NASA/ESA
The south pole of Saturn's moon Titan is shrouded in fog according to scientists, it is believed that the fog is formed from liquid evaporating from the moon's lakes and making the surrounding air increasingly humid.
Earth-like fog shrouds chilly lakes on the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, scientists say. On Earth, fog typically forms when moisture-rich air cools rapidly, which reduces the air's ability to hold water vapor.


Source: National Geographic | Comments (7)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by 747400 16 years ago
But will they have snow? And will flights be delayed?
Comment icon #2 Posted by Cryptid_Control 16 years ago
But will they have snow? And will flights be delayed? Hahaha, nice one. I thought it said frog on titan
Comment icon #3 Posted by TRUEYOUTRUEME 16 years ago
Sunlight glints off Kraken Mare, a lake on Titan's northern hemisphere, in a July 2009 Cassini spacecraft picture. The caption for the photo claims that is of the Northern hemisphere of Titan while the article caption specifies the Southern pole of Titan as having fog. Regardless it seems as if the article implys that the haze seen in the photo is a fog surrounding a highly illuminated lake of Titan. The lake is called Kraken Mare. I still find this photo to be incredible and somewhat enigmatic. Did the fog part above the lake? How is this one lake so illuminated while nothing else within the ... [More]
Comment icon #4 Posted by TRUEYOUTRUEME 16 years ago
Just a thought. Is the photo of Kraken Mare the result of catching some form of Life with it's lights on?
Comment icon #5 Posted by 747400 16 years ago
Maybe it's not reflections? Maybe there's something that is making the light.... ? Even on our very own moon, there's these lights that appear from time to time and no one knows really what causes it, isn't there. Transient Lunar Phenomenana Incidentally, I do like the name Kraken Mare. I'd like to think that whoever chose the name knows more than they're admitting publicly.
Comment icon #6 Posted by thefinalfrontier 16 years ago
Just a thought. Is the photo of Kraken Mare the result of catching some form of Life with it's lights on? Well not hardly, Its the suns reflection on the surface of the methane/ethane lakes, As to the OP this is old news thats been out for a long while now,
Comment icon #7 Posted by Paracelse 16 years ago
Maybe it's not reflections? Maybe there's something that is making the light.... ? Even on our very own moon, there's these lights that appear from time to time and no one knows really what causes it, isn't there. Transient Lunar Phenomenana Incidentally, I do like the name Kraken Mare. I'd like to think that whoever chose the name knows more than they're admitting publicly. As in Kraken Lake monster??? as in Abraham Merritt's book "Dwellers in the Mirage"????


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