NASA-led Study Sees Titan Glowing at Dusk and Dawn (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA-led Study Sees Titan Glowing at Dusk and Dawn

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High in the atmosphere of Titan, large patches of two trace gases glow near the north pole, on the dusk side of the moon, and near the south pole, on the dawn side. Brighter colors indicate stronger signals from the two gases, HNC (left) and HC3N (right); red hues indicate less pronounced signals.

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