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Titan: Bubbles in focus

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The seabed of Ligeia Mare, a hydrocarbon sea at the north pole of Titan, may be a favourable place for the separation of nitrogen and the creation of bubbles that then buoyantly rise to the sea's surface.

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Figure 1: Titan's hydrocarbon seas as seen in the near-infrared (left) and from RADAR (right).
Figure 2: Two liquid phases in equilibrium with a vapour phase present at high pressure (2.5 bar) and low temperature (80 K)8.

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Hanley, J. Titan: Bubbles in focus. Nat Astron 1, 0122 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0122

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