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Artist's concept of a postcard for Ontario Lacus
Published: July 15, 2010

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This animation glides along the shoreline of Ontario Lacus, the largest lake on the southern hemisphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. It is based on overlapping radar images obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on June 22, 2009, July 8, 2009 and Jan. 12, 2010. The images were synthesized into stereoscopic images by the Cassini radar team.

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