Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016 |
Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016 |
Oct 13 2015, 09:05 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This thread is for discussion of NH Pluto surface observations received after 10 Oct 2015.
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Oct 25 2015, 02:07 AM
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Here's a full tweened morph of the latest stereo image release.
(click for full resolution HTML5 video - 0.5MB) (link to full resolution GIF - 18MB) If I get a chance, I'll post a colorized version of this. I've already played with it a bit and it does help differentiate the terrain better in some places. I viewed both the anaglyph and the flicker animation for a long while before I went ahead with doing this morph. I went into it expecting little more to be revealed but I don't think either of the previously mentioned fully capture how intensely broken this landscape must be. One area I find particularly interesting is in the upper right corner. It could just be me seeing things but It would almost seem as if at some point in the past, the darkest patches were some sort of liquid and the fractured terrain has lead to some sort of system of (click to enlarge) -------------------- |
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Oct 25 2015, 10:29 AM
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Why not water? This area is poor in nitrogen, methane and CO2 ice and exposed water ice signatures were detected nearby https://www.nasa.gov/nh/nh-finds-blue-skies...er-ice-on-pluto . A volcanic eruption or an impact could have melted and evaporated enough water ice to temporarily make the conditions for liquid water possible, or at least a briny ammonia-water or salty "cryolava". If ammonia-water cryolava flowed on Ariel then it can flow on Pluto.
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