Carl Sagan Looks At The Moon Triton

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Maybe we can take a look at Triton. This This moon, as you can see, is has remarkable color. It's a methane ice world. Uh the next picture shows a set of details on the surface. A wonderful flooded basin. And the next picture shows another view of topography that is different from anywhere in the solar system that we have yet to understand.

[00:00:26]For one thing, it's you know, we've seen about 50 worlds in the solar system.

[00:00:29]This one is different from any we've seen. It's based on a different kind of physics.

[00:00:34]It's a methane ice world.

[00:00:38]And it will enhance our understanding of the entire panoply of moons in the outer solar system.