Dust Storms on Titan |
Dust Storms on Titan |
Sep 25 2018, 03:08 PM
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Dust storms on Titan spotted for the first time: NASA.
QUOTE Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in equatorial regions of Saturn's moon Titan. The discovery, described in a paper published on Sept. 24 in Nature Geoscience, makes Titan the third Solar System body, in addition to Earth and Mars, where dust storms have been observed. It seems like the dust and "sand" from the hydrocarbon dunes at the equator can be kicked up by strong winds, which would then transport it over great distances. Question regarding the above illustration: would Saturn be at all visible from Titan's surface? I was under the impression that Titan's atmosphere is completely opaque. -------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
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