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Cassini Reveals Titan's North and South Poles

Side by side views of Titan's North and South pole regions.
Published: October 11, 2007

Newly assembled radar images from the Cassini spacecraft provide the best view of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, while a new radar image reveals that Titan's south polar region also has lakes.

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