New Horizons Funnies and Other Stuff, Miscellaneous Ramblings |
New Horizons Funnies and Other Stuff, Miscellaneous Ramblings |
Sep 25 2015, 08:54 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 22-May 08 From: Loughborough Member No.: 4121 |
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Sep 26 2015, 12:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
A million suns shine down,
But the one here's pretty dim.... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Nov 8 2015, 07:12 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 30-November 05 From: Antibes, France Member No.: 594 |
A simulated artistic view of the Pluto-Charon System from the camera of a typical smartphone.
The field of view here is 57 degrees. The virtual camera is approximately 3600 km (2250 miles) from Pluto and 23200 km (14500 miles) from Charon. Thanks to the texture maps found on the website of Steve Albers involving the work of Machi and Herobrine. |
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Nov 9 2015, 08:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
From a recent Pluto article
QUOTE Like your ex, the heart is made of ice, but made of nitrogen and methane rather than water. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015...-volcanoes.html |
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Dec 6 2015, 01:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 6842 |
A question just popped into my mind - if you could smell and lick tholins on Pluto, what would they taste and smell like?
-------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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Dec 6 2015, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Dec 9 2015, 07:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 3-January 08 Member No.: 3995 |
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Dec 9 2015, 08:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2429 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
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Dec 9 2015, 05:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
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Dec 9 2015, 10:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 27-August 14 From: Private island on Titan Member No.: 7250 |
A question just popped into my mind - if you could smell and lick tholins on Pluto, what would they taste and smell like? I wouldn't risk it. ADMIN NOTE: Minor language level warning and very distasteful videos that follow. -------------------- aka the Vidiconvict
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Dec 10 2015, 06:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 3-January 08 Member No.: 3995 |
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Jan 8 2016, 12:33 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 21-June 15 Member No.: 7518 |
Giant snails are the cause of the white trails on Sputnik Planum :
-------------------- Astronopithecus normandimensis nephophobis
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Feb 2 2016, 05:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 27-September 10 Member No.: 5458 |
So I'm pouring wax blocks this morning for a project and something recognizable came about as it was cooling.
This is the most analogous substance I've seen to compare Sputnik Planum. Of course, the action occuring here is convection from the very hot wax on the bottom floating up to the top and cooling down once it reaches the much colder surface-air medium. What is most interesting I think is that for the wax to have this appearnace with the much darker regions, there has to be liquid present under the solid layer, otherwise, it all has the homogenous appearance of a cool wax block. On sputnik Planum, many similar areas of darker and lighter regions exist as well. -------------------- |
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Feb 21 2016, 08:56 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Advanced image processing techniques pioneered by the people behind CSI and CSI: Bognor Regis were applied to New Horizons images of Triton --- with spectacular results!
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Feb 23 2016, 08:03 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 16-June 15 Member No.: 7507 |
So I'm pouring wax blocks this morning for a project and something recognizable came about as it was cooling. This is the most analogous substance I've seen to compare Sputnik Planum. Of course, the action occuring here is convection from the very hot wax on the bottom floating up to the top and cooling down once it reaches the much colder surface-air medium. What is most interesting I think is that for the wax to have this appearnace with the much darker regions, there has to be liquid present under the solid layer, otherwise, it all has the homogenous appearance of a cool wax block. On sputnik Planum, many similar areas of darker and lighter regions exist as well. Have you tried to work out the reynolds number of the wax? |
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