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‘Magic island’ appears out of nowhere on Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon, then quickly disappears
Scientists are baffled by images of planet-like Titan’s second largest sea, which appear to show an island materialise then disappear
A giant mysterious object has mysteriously appeared out of nowhere in one of the hydrocarbon seas on Saturn’s giant planet-like moon, Titan, only to later disappear.
Transient features in Ligeia Mare, circled in red. This image was acquired by the Cassini RADAR system on July 10th, 2013. It has been modified for aesthetic appeal and is shown in false colour. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell
Region of the transient features before they were discovered. Transient features are not present. This image was acquired by the Cassini RADAR system on April 26th, 2007. It has been modified for aesthetic appeal and is shown in false colour. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell
Read more here:
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-mysterious-magic-island-saturn-moon.html
Provided by Corneil University http://www.cornell.edu/
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