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First Volcano Sighting on Saturn's Most Earthlike Moon

Posted December 15, 2010 8:46 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

Three icy volcanoes line up on Saturn's moon Titan, giving some of the best evidence yet that explosive eruptions are possible on worlds beyond Earth. The volcanic peaks and pits lie in a region called Sotra Facula on Titan's southern hemisphere. The mountains rise more than 3,000 feet into the air, and the deepest hole sinks nearly 5,000 feet below the surrounding plains, geologists announced in a press conference here at the American Geophysical Union meeting Dec. 14.

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Re: First Volcano Sighting on Saturn's Most Earthlike Moon

12/15/2010 8:52 AM

It's good to know that there are places in the solar system that have more ice than north-east Scotland.

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Re: First Volcano Sighting on Saturn's Most Earthlike Moon

12/15/2010 12:45 PM

"...giving some of the best evidence yet that explosive eruptions are possible on worlds beyond Earth."

That and, well, all the preveiously known volcanic activity found on Io, Mars, Venus, the Moon, etc.

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