Most complete map of Titan reveals connected seas and cookie-cutter lakes

Latest Cassini data help fill in details about Saturnian moon’s surface

Titan map

NORTHERN LAKES  Radar images of Titan’s poles show lakes that may form like Earth’s sinkholes. A new topographic map suggests these hydrocarbon lakes may be connected through Titan’s equivalent of groundwater.

JPL-Caltech/NASA, ASI, USGS

Liquid methane and ethane flow through a subterranean plumbing system on Titan, which drains lakes and connects seas.