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The two faces of Titan's dunes

23 January 2012

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Two different dune fields on Titan: Belet and Fensal, as imaged by Cassini’s radar. It also shows two similar dune fields on Earth in Rub Al Khali, Saudi Arabia. Fensal is at higher latitude and elevation than Belet and clearly shows thinner dunes with brighter and wider areas in between, suggesting less abundant dune material in this region.

Credits: NASA/JPL–Caltech/ASI/ESA and USGS/ESA

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