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This is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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I think I need glasses.
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Well, are they gonna let it out before Saturn notices its missing??? Saturn's a big planet, I hope it doesn't notice
Almost looks like earth but with more land than water.
In infrared. Titan basically looks like a brownish grey blob to the naked eye due to its incredibly dense atmosphere.
A clearer picture, for those interested:
http://annesastronomynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Titan.jpg
From the source:
Titan is the only object other than Earth where liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas have actually been found (by Cassini) in its polar regions – in abundance in the north polar region and at least one of approximately 20,000 km2, called Ontario Lacus, on its south pole. Just recently, there have also been long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in Titan’s “tropics” discovered.
It looks far less habitable up close lol.
Titan is the only object other than Earth where liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas
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With its liquids (both surface and subsurface) and robust nitrogen atmosphere, Titan's methane cycle bears a striking similarity to Earth's water cycle, albeit at the much lower temperature of about 94 K (−179 °C; −290 °F).
That's way too cold in my opinion!
Why the blur if the telescope is so powerful?
Titan is small, and distant, when compared to the photo in the thread.
The photo in this thread is by Cassini, which was at least a thousand of times closer. Titan is 1.2 million KM from Saturn, which Cassini was orbiting, while Earth, which JWST "orbits" is at least 1.2 billion KM from Saturn.
These are not photographs I think? It's computer generated.
These are photographs, actually