Heat differences drive circulation of Titans atmosphere from hot, summer hemisphere to cold, winter hemisphere (dashed black arrows). Smog particles are known to form a detached haze above the planets atmosphere. At the change of the seasons and the reversal of circulation (dashed white arrows), the smog particles begin their new traverse at a lower altitude (solid white arrow), leaving a gap below the detached haze. (Caption adapted from Nature.)

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