Artist's impression of a methane planet.
Artist's impression of a methane planet. A methane planet is an assumed class of planet with surface covered in lakes or oceans of methane with methane clouds in the atmosphere like it is on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Viewed from space, methane planets would appear blue to aqua green because methane absorbs red light and reflects blue and green light. Some methane clouds appear white because they contain phosphorus while others are orange because they contain tholins.
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Photo credit: © Pablo Carlos Budassi/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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