Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-16 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 05:36:18PM -0800, Mark Schnitzius wrote: > However, if you're harboring a desire to visit > another planet, I recommend a trip to Iceland. > I've only ever flown through on a stopover, but > even from a plane window the landscape is like > nothing else. Iceland is pretty n

Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread Mark Schnitzius
--- Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would Europa look like this in a "brief melt"? > A "brief melt" amounts > to the Sun going nova, and Europa's surface would > turn into the surface of > one big ocean, boiling away under the combination of > nova heat and the > vacuum of space.

Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread LARRY KLAES
I meant while the Monolith ETI were turning Jupiter into a sun, of course.     - Original Message - From: Michael Turner To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief

Re: What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread Michael Turner
, it would probably look more like Venus does now: white cloud cover.   -michael turner [EMAIL PROTECTED]     - Original Message - From: LARRY KLAES To: europa Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:16 AM Subject: What the Europan surface might look like if there wer

What the Europan surface might look like if there were a brief melt?

2004-12-15 Thread LARRY KLAES
http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?month=12&day=11&year=04