While exoplanets are the interest du jour, our own solar system continues to fascinate. Take Titan, Saturn's moon and the subject of numerous Cassini spacecraft observations as well as investigation by the Huygens probe 10 years ago. The image above shows an artificially colors view of the moon's methane seas taken last summer (our summer, that is). One more intriguing feature in the far reaches of our solar system that Cassini continues to monitor for our behalf.
Here is
NASA's story concerning the image:
Why would the surface of Titan light up with a blinding flash? The reason: a sunglint from liquid seas. Saturn's moon Titan has numerous smooth lakes of methane that numerous passes of our Solar System's most mysterious moon, Cassini has revealed Titan to be a world with active weather -- including times when it rains a liquefied version of natural gas.
Image Credit: VIMS Team, Univerity of Arizona, ESA, NASA
