Closer Look at This Eerie Alien Moon
Published 7 Nov 2017, 17:41 GMT, Updated 16 Nov 2017, 10:40 GMT
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings in this true-color snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Photograph by NASAThis colorized mosaic from Cassini shows Titan's northern land of hydrocarbon lakes and seas.
Image by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Asi, UsgsTitan's thick atmosphere long obscured our view of the moon's surface.
Photograph by NASATitan hangs like a gem above Saturn's rings in this view from Cassini.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteOne of Saturn's smaller moons, Tethys, slips behind Titan in a sequence of pictures from Cassini.
Photograph by NASA, JPL, Space Science InstitutePeering through the haze, Cassini is able to map Titan's hydrocarbon lakes and icy dunes.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteTitan, as seen from 6 miles above the surface. This view was created by stitching together images from the Huygens probe.
Photograph by Esa, NASA, JPL, University of Arizona