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[belleraphon1]

Another related IAU Titan press release and a RADAR image mosaic I have not seen before..

"The new image released by JPL accompanying this release shows what appears to be a dried-out lake at Titan's south pole. Lopes thinks that the hydrocarbons there likely evaporated because this hemisphere is experiencing summer. When the seasons change in several years and summer returns to the northern latitudes, the lakes so common there may evaporate and end up pooling in the south."

http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau0915/

Titan looms...

Craig

[volcanopele]

Just for context, that image in the article is no where near Hotei Arcus. Looks like it is near the south pole (off the image to the upper left). The T39 swath runs from upper left to lower right. T58 swath runs from upper center to lower left. T59 swath runs from upper right to lower center. Not sure where the HiSAR data comes from.

[volcanopele]

Just for context, that image in the article is no where near Hotei Arcus. Looks like it is near the south pole (off the image to the upper left). The T39 swath runs from upper left to lower right. T58 swath runs from upper center to lower left. T59 swath runs from upper right to lower center. Not sure where the HiSAR data comes from.

I got that backwards, T59 is the swath that runs from upper center to lower left and T58 is the swath that runs from upper right to lower center.

Attached is a comparison between ISS and this radar mosaic over the Octopus Playa.