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This is Titan, Saturn's largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. (programming.dev)
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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Nope! They got to see two cloud actually! A second set of images exists from Keck Observatory with the other cloud.

The thick atmosphere isn't cloudy, just dense with methane.

I'm not 100%, but the clouds are exciting I think because they demonstrate seasonal changes.