The Frozen Tropical Paradise from Titan

Have you ever imagined a tropical paradise at -274 °F (- 170 °C)? But on Earth…as such thing does exist on the Saturn's largest moon, Titan, the only moon in the Sun System large enough to have an atmosphere. Methane rainfall soaks dunes of ice or tar on Titan's arid deserts, like a... [ read more >> ]

Titan image taken by the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer on board the European Space Agency's Huygens probe, on Jan. 14, 2005, 5 mi (8 km) above the surface.

Image comment: Titan image taken by the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer on board the European Space Agency's Huygens probe, on Jan. 14, 2005, 5 mi (8 km) above the surface.
Image credits: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Titan image taken by the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer on board the European Space Agency's Huygens probe, on Jan. 14, 2005, 5 mi (8 km) above the surface.
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