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Pictures of Titan's Lakes

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-space-nobody-can-hear-you-fish dept.

sighted writes "For decades, scientists have wondered if the thick orange haze that shrouds Saturn's giant moon Titan hid lakes of liquid methane on the surface, but there was no way to confirm it, until now. The Cassini flyby of July 22, 2006 took these striking images and were released today."

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  1. Well, it's about time.... by bmo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cue 80's band.... (The Creatures was the best music ever to come out of Siouxie and the Banshees)

    PLUTO DRIVE (The Creatures)

    Let's go to Pluto, the atmosphere's clear
    We'll be really cool there, with nothing to fear
    Let's go to Pluto, it's cold and it's damp
    Where children are heroes, death is high camp

    I want to see Pluto, I want to have fun
    I want to turn blue under an alien sun
    Oh let me see Pluto, it seems such a gas
    With oceans of methane and petrified grass

    CHORUS:
    Let's go to Pluto
    Let's live on the dot
    See the bad moon rising
    In a lunacy knot

    Come on let's do Pluto, it's really not far
    An unleaded dream drive to the prettiest star
    I want to see Pluto, but maybe I'll wait
    'Til the world turns to meet its plutonium fate

    The days will be long here, the years will be more
    Let's go to Pluto, like we did before

    CHORUS:
    Let's go to Pluto
    Let's live on the dot
    See the bad moon rising
    In a lunacy knot.

    etc.