Pluto Ice Hills

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Fredski Guru Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7025 Good Answers: 207	Pluto Ice Hills 02/06/2016 10:39 PM
	water ice hills float on a sea of frozen nitrogen its cold!! http://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-s-mysterious-floating-hills
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#1 Re: Pluto ice hills 02/06/2016 10:47 PM
	If they want to rebuild the Titanic for this, they'll have to do some tough Charpy tests, and/or pick a different metal.... __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#2 Re: Pluto ice hills 02/07/2016 4:05 AM
	If they have figured out that this is icebergs floating on nitrogen (as if the correct word is floating when on top of a solid), then what is "mysterious"? __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Pluto ice hills 02/07/2016 7:48 AM
	Maybe it's the impression that they appear to be floating....? __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Nigh Guru Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South east U.K. Posts: 3695 Good Answers: 93	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Pluto ice hills 02/07/2016 8:38 AM
	Hmmm....... I smell a rat. __________________ I didn't have a really important life, but at least it's been funny (Lemmy Kilminster 1945-2015)
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Pluto ice hills 02/07/2016 9:53 AM
	If you say so.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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IQ Guru Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2004 Good Answers: 31	#6 Re: Pluto Ice Hills 02/08/2016 5:57 AM
	1. "....isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from Pluto's surrounding uplands". "May" does not confirm a fact. 2. "It was obtained at a range of approximately 9,950 miles (16,000 kilometers) from Pluto, about 12 minutes before New Horizons' closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015". Little bit far away to confirm any definitives that may be useful. I doubt this confirms anything but pure speculation on behalf of a positive mindset that is filled with hope. Many illusion exist. They only produce misdirection at days end.
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