Changes Taking Place at Titan's South Pole (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Changes Taking Place at Titan's South Pole

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This 2012 close-up offers an early snapshot of the changes taking place at Titan's south pole. Cassini s camera spotted this impressive cloud hovering at an altitude of about 186 miles (300 kilometers). Cassini s thermal infrared instrument has now detected a massive ice cloud below it.

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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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