Cassini Finds Two Distinct Layers Of Haze Above Titan

Credit: NASA/JPL/SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Saturn's foggy moon Titan has two distinct layers of haze, highlighted with false purple in this narrow-angle ultraviolet image collected July 3 when the spacecraft was about 491,000 mi. distant. The detached haze layer is about 75 mi. thick. Both layers are produced photochemically when ultraviolet...

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