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Titan Seas Reflect Sunlight

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Why would the surface of Titan light up with a blinding flash? The reason is a sunglint from liquid seas. Saturn's moon Titan has numerous smooth lakes of methane that, when the angle is right, reflect sunlight like mirrors. The Cassini spacecraft imaged the cloud-covered Titan last summer in different bands of cloud-piercing infrared light. This specular reflection was so bright it saturated one of Cassini's infrared cameras.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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AQUARIUS

In tropical astrology, 2 FEB 2015 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 2 FEB 2015.

THE ALMANAC FOR 2 FEB 2015
DAY
Monday
MOON
Full moon, 97% lit
POSITION
Day 33 of 365
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