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Titan's Ethane Lake Target Name:   Titan Spacecraft:   Cassini Orbiter Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA11001 Date Released:  30 July 2008 Related Documents NASA Confirms Liquid Lake On Saturn Moon Saturn's Moon Titan Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA11001.jpg JPEG 480 x 275 19K PIA11001.tif TIFF 480 x 275 410K This artist concept shows a mirror-smooth lake on the surface of the smoggy moon Titan. Cassini scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified ethane. This result makes Titan the only place in our solar system beyond Earth known to have liquid on its surface.

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