Re: another planet with continents and oceans?

From: jonathan (Write_at_Instead.com)
Date: 10/30/04

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    "George" <george@george.net> wrote in message
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    > "George" <george@george.net> wrote in message
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    > > "rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    > > news:f7422d8e.0410270630.563a374e@posting.google.com...
    > >> The Cassini pics last July hinted at this, but yesterday's are more
    > >> indicative. Irregular with blochs (continents?) surrounded by dark
    > >> patches (oceans?).
    > >
    > > The images I've seen from the radar indicate that there may be meandering
    > > channels on the surface as well. The interesting question is are they active?
    > > In other words, are there currently fluids flowing in these apparent channels?
    > > I am currently having problems accessing my ftp site, or I would have a link
    > > to the image to which I am referring. When I get it straightened out. I will
    > > post a link.
    > >
    > > George
    >
    > After looking at the radar image some more, I'm not so sure of what I'm seeing.
    > They look like channels, yet NASA seems to think that there are pressure ridges
    > where Titan's thin plates have collided. I'm not sure if that is what I'm
    > seeing, but here is the link I promised:

    I thought the radar images were supposed to be much higher
    resolution? I wonder if they're yet to be released? I'd like to
    see those 25 meter per pixel images.

    http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/products/pdfs/taFlyby20041022.pdf
    "ISS will conduct its first medium and high resolution imaging of Titan,
    including imaging of the Huygens landing site. The cameras will perform
    distant observations at about 2.7 kilometers per pixel, a full-disk color
    mosaic at about 2 km/pixel, regional to global mapping of the western
    bright/dark boundary at 200-600 meters per pixel, and very high
    resolution imaging of an edge of a bright area at 23-81 meters per pixel."

    >
    > http://tinyurl.com/4k657
    >
    >

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