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A big dirty comet hit Iapetus

New Age Vapors — 9/14/2007 3:09:06 AM (archived)

Or Iapetus is a comet.

And somebody already took the exploded monolith idea.

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The amazing world around Saturn - Raoul - 9/13/2007 8:17:27 AM
- rA video of Sir Arthur!! - Raoul - 9/17/2007 8:23:44 PM
- Beautiful hi-rez mosaic. - alcaray - 9/14/2007 12:01:49 AM
  - The mysterious dark "splatter" - nick hoffman - 9/14/2007 1:03:39 AM
    - re: The mysterious dark "splatter" - Vince - 9/14/2007 2:22:30 AM
      - The oil companies are keeping it a closely guarded secret. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/14/2007 8:05:17 PM
        
        To say nothing of the... - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 8:09:09 PM
      - A big dirty comet hit Iapetus - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 3:09:06 AM
        
        A polluting civilization is dumping their sequestered carbon there. (n/t) - Hank - 9/14/2007 3:25:57 AM

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