Astronomy Picture of the Day - 2017-06-22

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Northern Summer on Titan

While yesterday's solstice brought summer to planet Earth's northern hemisphere, a northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet Saturn nearly a month ago on May 24. Following the Saturnian seasons, its large moon Titan was captured in this Cassini spacecraft image from June 9. The near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's northern summer skies as seen from a distance of about 507,000 kilometers. Below Titan's clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near the large moon's now illuminated north pole.


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Great photo. I have a Facebook friend who also loves to post photos he takes of the beautiful planets. I find it so interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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Awesome pic! And winter solstice just kicked in here in the Southern Hemisphere :)

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beautiful picture. I love the starry sky. ready for hours to look at it

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