“Ice Volcano” on Titan
by Joseph on Nov.10, 2004, under Main
NASA is at it again. Just days after their questionable logic surrounding the Mars rover Opportunity, they are now reporting that there may be an ice volcano on Saturn’s moon Titan. Slow down there, NASA! This isn’t an episode of Star Trek, this is a little thing we call reality. You can’t just make up words like “cryovolcanic” and expect us to accept it. You can’t have an ice volcano, either. The word “volcano” derives from the Roman god of fire Vulcan. Hey, it’s another Star Trek connection! Imagine that! And besides, we already have a name for molten ice. It’s called “water.” Look scientists, we know that you’re smart. You don’t have to come up with crazy discoveries every week to keep us interested in space. Now, don’t get back to us until you find moon whales swimming in the “molten ice” under Titan’s surface.
Ice volcano: suprisingly similar to a normal volcano tinted blue.
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November 11th, 2004 on 6:52 am
it looks fake. like someone took an inactive volcano, painted the “eruption” on it in a blue tint. That’s my opinion. Gimme some shots from space, not shots from the side, so I can see that this “ice volcano” is actually on a moon, and not generated by some loon’s sloppy CG artwork.
November 11th, 2004 on 6:53 am
oh yeah, and why is everything dark, but the “ice” is shining like a star? Blacklight?
November 11th, 2004 on 12:16 pm
Methinks thou doth take my post too seriously, Eric. Though if you did take a picture of ice with a flash, it would stand out from the background as though it were backlit due to the reflection, and this higher contrast would darken the rest of the image. But still, no.