Titan's Dunes (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Titan's Dunes

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Saturn's moon Titan is crossed by dunes, as seen in this image from the Cassini space mission. The dunes are likely made of grains of crystalline water. New wind tunnel studies show the wind speeds needed to move these grains to build dunes.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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