First pictures of Titan

They’re from 200,000 miles out, but they’re far better than anything taken before. No sign of the telltale glint of liquid on the surface, though, that scientists were expecting. Stay tuned–there are many, many more flybys of Titan to come, including one at just 745 miles distance in October–and, of course, the Huygens probe will descend onto the moon at the beginning of next year. That’ll be REALLY mindboggling.

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