Cassini spots mini Nile River on Saturn Moon

[Craig]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini_spots_mini_Nile_River_on_Saturn_moon

 

The international Cassini mission has spotted what appears to be a miniature extraterrestrial version of the Nile River: a river valley on Saturn’s moon Titan that stretches more than 400 km from its ‘headwaters’ to a large sea. 

 

It is the first time images have revealed a river system this vast and in such high resolution anywhere beyond Earth. 

 

Scientists deduce that the river is filled with liquid because it appears dark along its entire extent in the high-resolution radar image, indicating a smooth surface.

 

This mission has been one of the most successful IMO. Discovery after discovery.