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Titan Seas Reflect Sunlight
Why would the surface of Titan light up with a blinding flash? The reason is a sunglint from liquid seas. Saturn's moon Titan has numerous smooth lakes of methane that, when the angle is right, reflect sunlight like mirrors. The Cassini spacecraft imaged the cloud-covered Titan last summer in different bands of cloud-piercing infrared light. This specular reflection was so bright it saturated one of Cassini's infrared cameras.
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In tropical astrology, 2 FEB 2015 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 2 FEB 2015.
- 2015-01-03 Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
- 2015-01-26 The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations
- 2015-02-01 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
- 2015-02-03 Jets from Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- 2015-02-09 Layered Rocks near Mount Sharp on Mars
- 2015-03-04 Pillars and Jets in the Pelican Nebula