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Explanation: While yesterday's solstice brought summer to planet Earth's northern hemisphere, a northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet Saturn nearly a month ago on May 24. Following the Saturnian seasons, its large moon Titan was captured in this Cassini spacecraft image from June 9. The near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's northern summer skies as seen from a distance of about 507,000 kilometers. Below Titan's clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near the large moon's now illuminated north pole.
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Publications with keywords: Titan - Saturn
Publications with words: Titan - Saturn
See also:
- APOD: 2025 September 25 B Saturn Opposite the Sun
- APOD: 2025 September 22 B Equinox at Saturn
- Titan: Moon over Saturn
- APOD: 2025 February 23 B Saturn in Infrared from Cassini
- APOD: 2025 January 19 B Titan Touchdown: Huygens Descent Movie
- APOD: 2024 December 8 B Aurora around Saturns North Pole
- Saturn at Night