April 1, 2004

Surf's Up on Titan


Light and dark surface features show up in infrared images of Titan, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Do those features represent continents and oceans of liquid ethane and methane? Scientists say it's too early to tell.

Saturn's moon Titan might be one of the most out-of-this world places to hang ten, according to new computer modeling that suggests a given wind could generate waves there that are seven times taller than on Earth. -- from MSNBC - Huge waves possible on Saturnian moon
Oceans of ethane and methane? The ride might be awesome, but the wet suit would have to be gnarly.
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