July 22, 2022
On this date in 2006, the Cassini spacecraft conducted a flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan. Aboard Cassini was the RADAR instrument, which had the primary objective of using radar data to map the surface of Titan. This flyby focused on mapping the northern reaches of Titan which were found to host seas of liquid methane.
This Cassini mosaic shows the north polar lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon Titan. The largest of these lakes is called Kraken Mare and is shown in blue and black extending across most of the bottom right portion of this image. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/USGS