Disappearing lakes on Titan - seasonal cycles

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https://www.jhuapl.edu/PressRelease/190415b
The apparent seasonal disappearance of small methane lakes on Titan is giving scientists insight into the complex hydrologic cycle of Saturn’s largest moon.

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a dense atmosphere, which supports an Earth-like cycle of ethane and methane clouds, rain, and liquid that flows into lakes and seas. Examining data from NASA’s Cassini mission, a team led by Shannon MacKenzie of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, observed three instances where what appeared to be shallow lakes disappeared between winter and summer — a span of about seven years — in the moon’s northern regions.
 
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