My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 02.2019 | Page 29

SURFACE FEATURES GALORE
Titan has an active surface with
dunes, lakes, and even (potentially)
cryovolcanoes. Shown clockwise
from top right are a colorized version
of the pebbled surface Huygens
landed on; a 3D radar map of Doom
Mons (tallest peak) and its nearby pit
Sotra Patera (vertical height exag-
gerated by a factor of 10); a slice of
the dunes of Shangri-la; Ligeia Mare
and its channel systems in false
color; and a global image combin-
ing infrared and visible-light data
to reveal the surface: Dark areas at
the north pole are seas and lakes,
whereas dark regions at the equator
are dunes.
View
from the
surface
Channels, lakes, and seas
Cryovolcano?
Dunes
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