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re: Okay planetologist peoples -- your speculations, please!

Nathan Koren — 10/28/2004 7:06:25 PM (archived)

I'm going slightly bonkers here trying to interpret the imagery coming in from Titan. Obviously, I'm totally over my head here. I'm intrigued by this image:

It appears to show a fair amount of actual detail for once, although I couldn't find anything like this in the raw images, so I have no idea where it comes from. In any case, the detail still isn't giving me a clue about what's going on down there. It looks vaguely like either a'a lava or the walnut-fudge gelatto I had last night, but I'm pretty sure it isn't either of those things. Could any of the planetologists out there provide some more informed speculation? I'm dying to know!

Boggled,

Nathan.

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The whole thread (19 posts)

• Titan encounter thread - dtb - 10/26/2004 9:20:58 PM
  • re: Titan encounter thread - dtb - 10/29/2004 2:17:06 AM
  • re: Okay planetologist peoples -- your speculations, please! - Nathan Koren - 10/28/2004 7:06:25 PM
    • Kinda looks like... - et - 10/29/2004 12:57:19 AM
      • ...a glaciated shield. - jms - 10/30/2004 5:33:01 AM
      • re: Kinda looks like... - Nick Hoffman - 10/30/2004 4:26:15 AM
    • re: No methane in south pole clouds? - Raoul - 10/28/2004 8:40:25 PM
    • re: Okay planetologist peoples -- your speculations, please! - REB - 10/28/2004 8:18:07 PM
  • re: Titan is so amazingly weird - Nathan Koren - 10/27/2004 7:46:59 PM
    • Wow! I must be made of "Titan Stuff" too! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2004 4:17:00 AM
      • re: If being "amazingly weird" is what qualifies you, then most of the folks on this board are... (n/t) - Nathan Koren - 10/28/2004 5:15:08 AM
    • You beat me to it - REB - 10/27/2004 8:12:08 PM
  • Wait for the Synthetic Aperture Radar images - Gary - 10/27/2004 3:58:36 PM
    • Any idea of SAR resolution? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 10/28/2004 8:09:57 PM
  • re: Titan, craters, impactor flux, and "geological" activity - E.P. Grondine - 10/27/2004 3:26:03 PM
  • That dark area sure looks like it could be liquid. - REB - 10/27/2004 11:51:47 AM
  • re: I'll give it a WAG - Nathan Koren - 10/27/2004 2:31:53 AM
  • SpaceDaily.com has a timer. ~45 min to go. - et - 10/27/2004 12:50:02 AM
  • USA today article - R.L. - 10/26/2004 9:33:15 PM