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Dune ridges on Saturn's moon Titan and on Earth

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Dune Ridges on Titan and Earth

Cassini radar sees sand dunes on Saturn's giant moon Titan (upper photo) that are sculpted like Namibian sand dunes on Earth (lower photo). The bright features in the upper radar photo are not clouds but topographic features among the dunes.

Image credit: NASA/JPL (upper photo); NASA/JSC (lower photo)