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Islands, rivers and methane springs - latest images of Titan

"Islands in the stream"... possible 'islands' on a dark plain

21 January 2005
These images from the Huygens DISR instrument show new features, such as evidence of flow around 'islands', deposits of water ice and channels which could have been created by methane springs.

Two new Titan features - water ice and methane springs

Mosaic of river channel and ridge area on Titan

Titan landing site seen from Cassini

All Huygens raw images are now available.
Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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