Mountain range seen on Titan
A mosaic of new images of Saturn's moon Titan from the Cassini spacecraft, appear to show a large mountain range stretching for nearly 150 km (93 miles) across the moon's surface. They appear a little blurred in the image below because they are also covered by a patchy, thin layer of clouds.
Infrared image of a large Mountain range on the surface of Titan. © NASA
The mountains were captured on the spacecraft's infrared camera during its most recent fly past on October 25, 2006. Scientists calculate that they reach about 1.5 km (almost 1 mile) high, and are probably made of icy material coated with many layers of organic material. It is thought that the mountains formed when material welled up from below to fill gaps opened when tectonic plates pull apart, similar to the way mid-ocean ridges are formed on Earth.
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