Planetary scientists, who have been puzzling for years over the surface features on Saturn’s moon Titan, have now found some recognizable analogies to a type of terrain on Earth known as karst topography.
…Karst terrain on Earth occurs when water dissolves layers of bedrock, leaving dramatic rock outcroppings and sinkholes. Comparing images of White Canyon in Utah, the Darai Hills of Papua New Guinea, and Guangxi Province in China to an area of connected valleys and ridges on Titan known as Sikun Labyrinthus yields eerie similarities. The materials may be different - liquid methane and ethane on Titan instead of water, and probably some slurry of organic molecules on Titan instead of rock - but the processes are likely quite similar….
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Is That Saturn’s Moon Titan or Utah?
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