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T16 RADAR SAR Swath, Land o' lakes
volcanopele
post Jul 24 2006, 09:33 PM
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Much to my surprise, a chunk of the T16 Sar swath as been released:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08630

An abundance of lakes can been seen. Some appear to be crater lakes (or sinkholes), like the lake at far left on the top cutout. That lake appears similar to Crater Lake in Oregon, with a little island in the middle (you can kinda see the attenuation of the signal surrounding the island as the methane gets deeper). Some lakes appear quite distinctive from the surrounding terrain, like the features on the right part of the bottom cutout.


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post Jul 24 2006, 09:42 PM
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Was that me? I forget now laugh.gif

But to be honest, they didn't find "bodies of liquid", they found features whose morphology is best explained by lakes... Though finding features consistent dry lake beds (with presumably large pebbles) next to smooth terrain in the same basins, would seem to clinch it (for me anyway).


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- volcanopele   T16 RADAR SAR Swath   Jul 24 2006, 09:33 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 24 2006, 11:33 A...   Jul 24 2006, 09:39 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jul 24 2006, 02:39...   Jul 25 2006, 03:25 AM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jul 24 2006, 05:25 PM) ...   Jul 25 2006, 06:15 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jul 25 2006, 11:15...   Aug 1 2006, 04:42 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 1 2006, 09:42 AM...   Aug 8 2006, 05:51 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 8 2006, 10:51 AM) D...   Aug 8 2006, 06:26 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 8 2006, 07:26 PM...   Aug 8 2006, 09:56 PM
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