Lakes in Titan's Northern Hemisphere, Labeled
This colorized mosaic of the northern hemisphere of Saturn’s moon Titan reveals lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane. Titan is the only world in our solar system other than Earth that has stable liquid on its surface. The data for this mosaic were obtained by NASA’s Cassini mission from 2004 to 2013. In this projection, the north pole is at the center. The view extends down to 50 degrees north latitude. In this color scheme, liquids appear blue and black depending on the way Cassini’s radar bounced off the surface. Land areas appear yellow to white. Kraken Mare, Titan's largest sea, is the body in black and blue that sprawls from just below and to the right of the north pole down to the bottom right. Ligeia Mare, Titan's second largest sea, is a nearly heart-shaped body to the left and above the north pole. Punga Mare is just below the north pole.
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