NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered the coldest beachfront property in
the solar system: dozens of lakes near the north pole of Saturn's moon
Titan. Combined with several recent studies, the observations paint a
picture of a cool, wet lake district that looks eerily Earth-like: beaches,
rolling sand dunes, and an overcast mist with a chance of showers.
The lakes, which Cassini's radar imaged in its July 22nd flyby, are probably
liquid methane and ethane. Unlike the 234-by-73-kilometer (145-by-45-mile)
possible lake that Cassini imaged near the south pole last summer, Titan's
northern lakes are smaller, ranging from 1 to 100 km wide. And unlike the
far-southern lake, the northern lakes are fed by what appear to be rivers
with tributaries.
http://skytonight.com/news/3464321.html
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| User: "kmiller" |
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| Title: Re: Great Lakes of Titan |
04 Aug 2006 12:38:36 AM |
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With a few 'well positioned' NUKES, I could probably turn this area of
land into the next "Tropical Oasis".
Where do I need to go to register this land claim ???
:-)
bye wrote:
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered the coldest beachfront property in
the solar system: dozens of lakes near the north pole of Saturn's moon
Titan. Combined with several recent studies, the observations paint a
picture of a cool, wet lake district that looks eerily Earth-like: beaches,
rolling sand dunes, and an overcast mist with a chance of showers.
The lakes, which Cassini's radar imaged in its July 22nd flyby, are probably
liquid methane and ethane. Unlike the 234-by-73-kilometer (145-by-45-mile)
possible lake that Cassini imaged near the south pole last summer, Titan's
northern lakes are smaller, ranging from 1 to 100 km wide. And unlike the
far-southern lake, the northern lakes are fed by what appear to be rivers
with tributaries.
http://skytonight.com/news/3464321.html
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| User: "Charly the Bastard" |
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| Title: Re: Great Lakes of Titan |
04 Aug 2006 07:20:58 AM |
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kmiller wrote:
With a few 'well positioned' NUKES, I could probably turn this area of
land into the next "Tropical Oasis".
Where do I need to go to register this land claim ???
:-)
Too late, BP and Exxon have already beat you to it. Now all they have to do is
figure out how to run a pipeline from Titan to Earth. Can you say LNG? I knew you
could.
Charly
bye wrote:
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered the coldest beachfront property in
the solar system: dozens of lakes near the north pole of Saturn's moon
Titan. Combined with several recent studies, the observations paint a
picture of a cool, wet lake district that looks eerily Earth-like: beaches,
rolling sand dunes, and an overcast mist with a chance of showers.
The lakes, which Cassini's radar imaged in its July 22nd flyby, are probably
liquid methane and ethane. Unlike the 234-by-73-kilometer (145-by-45-mile)
possible lake that Cassini imaged near the south pole last summer, Titan's
northern lakes are smaller, ranging from 1 to 100 km wide. And unlike the
far-southern lake, the northern lakes are fed by what appear to be rivers
with tributaries.
http://skytonight.com/news/3464321.html
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| User: "kmiller" |
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| Title: Re: Great Lakes of Titan |
05 Aug 2006 11:19:31 PM |
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Maybe I should start planning now, on 'creating' a Terrorist Group to
undermine this pipeline.
;-)
Charly the ***** wrote:
kmiller wrote:
With a few 'well positioned' NUKES, I could probably turn this area of
land into the next "Tropical Oasis".
Where do I need to go to register this land claim ???
:-)
Too late, BP and Exxon have already beat you to it. Now all they have to do is
figure out how to run a pipeline from Titan to Earth. Can you say LNG? I knew you
could.
Charly
bye wrote:
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered the coldest beachfront property in
the solar system: dozens of lakes near the north pole of Saturn's moon
Titan. Combined with several recent studies, the observations paint a
picture of a cool, wet lake district that looks eerily Earth-like: beaches,
rolling sand dunes, and an overcast mist with a chance of showers.
The lakes, which Cassini's radar imaged in its July 22nd flyby, are probably
liquid methane and ethane. Unlike the 234-by-73-kilometer (145-by-45-mile)
possible lake that Cassini imaged near the south pole last summer, Titan's
northern lakes are smaller, ranging from 1 to 100 km wide. And unlike the
far-southern lake, the northern lakes are fed by what appear to be rivers
with tributaries.
http://skytonight.com/news/3464321.html
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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| Title: Re: Great Lakes of Titan |
06 Aug 2006 08:24:02 PM |
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bye wrote:
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered the coldest beachfront property in
the solar system: dozens of lakes near the north pole of Saturn's moon
Titan.
Titan is quite a suprising place. Certainly a moon that offers an
insight into the formation of the Solar System, and ....Hell...even to
our understanding a little more about the nature of the Universe.
Ignore the Plebian responses, Mondo. It's a worthy article.
Werewolfy
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