I agree. A stunning view of Europa. Makes a great desktop image, too. Dave On Nov 29, 2014, at 0:22, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Wow, the high-resolution view of Europa is stunning. It's difficult to puzzle out how the various cracks formed -- doubtless liquid material coming up from below the ice, but why did it form the circles and lines? The circles don't seem to show evidence of rotation. I assume the liquid material has a lot of organics in it. In my opinion, a surace lander might come up with evidence of life, now frozen. Thanks Patrick, Joe
From: SLAS Announcements <announce@slas.us> To: Joseph Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 11:55 PM Subject: News, 28 NOV 2014
News, Friday, 28 November 2014
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Rosetta Comet Landing in 'Thud' and 3D http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4389 +++++
Young Volcanoes on the Moon http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/24nov_imps/ +++++
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Contact Lost with Sun-watching Stereo B http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/stereo-b-contact-lost-11212014... +++++
Gas giant spins a surprise (submitted by Dave Gary) http://www.nature.com/news/gas-giant-spins-a-surprise-1.16333?WT.ec_id=NEWS-... +++++
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