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Cassini's radar found dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometres wide.

Titan

Who
Cassini
What
Cassini's radar found dark, nearly parallel dune belts running across Titan's equatorial regions, with individual ridges commonly one to two kilometres wide.
When
Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:30:52 GMT · 18h 31m ago
Where
Titan ·
Why
Winds have built dunes around 100 metres high and hundreds of kilometres long, composed of water ice coated in hydrocarbons that fell out of the moon's atmosphere.
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This discovery reveals the geological processes shaping Titan's surface, indicating significant wind activity and unique material composition at its equator.

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