What you're seeing is the largest moon of Saturn 🪐, Titan.
Titan is also the only moon in the solar system to have an atmosphere. The atmosphere rises up to a staggering 600 km— 6 times that of Earth’s!
The blur occurs due to this thick atmosphere.
JWST image of Saturn’s moon Titan.
Those dark patches on its surface aren't craters like our Moon’s 🌕, they're oceans.
Oceans of liquid methane.
A frigid place. The surface temperature is around -180°C, cold enough for the usual methane gas (which is also present in farts) to become liquid!
And not only oceans…it also has rivers, lakes and seas. All made up of methane.
Clouds, haze and rain— A methane cycle (similar to Earth’s water cycle). And sand dunes, mountains, valleys, volcanoes..
Some might ask how can such a cold place have volcanoes 🌋, a nice question. Volcanoes on Titan are different. They're called cryovolcanoes, as they erupt a mixture of water & methane instead of molten rock.
What's interesting about this place is that it's bizarre & uncanny…but also somewhat familiar at the same time. Imagine yourself as a future astronaut exploring It's surface, you’ll get the point.
Space isn't just “out there”. It is full of mysterious places waiting to be explored..who knows what we’ll find?
Thank you for Reading 😊 😊 🙏 🙏
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