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NASA Reveals First-Ever Photo of Liquid on Another World |
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Written by Thom Patterson - CNN
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Saturday, 19 December 2009 |
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Article Source: CNN
(CNN) -- NASA scientists revealed Friday a first-of-its-kind image from space showing reflecting sunlight from a lake on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
It's the first visual "smoking gun" evidence of liquid on the northern hemisphere of the moon, scientists said, and the first-ever photo from another world showing a "specular reflection" -- which is reflection of light from an extremely smooth surface and in this case, a liquid one.
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