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Seasonal evolution of Titan's dark polar hood: midsummer disappearance observed by the Hubble Space Telescope

Lorenz, Ralph D.; Lemmon, Mark T.; Smith, Peter H.

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has a dense organic-laden atmosphere that displays dramatic seasonal variations in composition and appearance. Here we document the evolution of the dark polar hood, first seen in 1980 by Voyager 1 around the north pole, and report quantitative measurements of the hood's disappearance from the south pole in 2002-2003 …