Space Exploration - Snow squall on Titan

Space exploration - Two astronaut explorers struggle thorough a snow squall composed of flakes of frozen ethane and methane on the surface of Titan; Saturn VI; manned Titan rover - Space Art Illustration

Snow squall on Titan

A forbidding ethane snow squall immobilizes two explorers and their surface transportation.

While there's been no evidence yet for the presence of snow on Titan, in September 2006 the Cassini orbiter detected what appears to be a massive ethane cloud surrounding Titan's north pole. This cloud may be snowing extremely cold--near minus 300° F--ethane snowflakes onto the surface below.