Photo: Huge Space Lake Confirmed on Saturn's Moon Titan

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A hydrocarbon lake shines on the surface of Saturn's smoggy moon Titan in an artist's conception. The orbiter Cassini has detected the presence of liquid ethane at the site of one such suspected lake, a study released on July 31, 2008, says.

Illustration courtesy NASA/JPL

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