Re: Color photo and panorama of Titan's surface

From: Terrell Miller (millerto_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:37:19 -0500

Alan Erskine wrote:

> I'm sure they've just got their signals mixed up; that looks an awful lot
> like Mars to me. Perhaps all planetary surfaces with an atmosphere look
> like this - Venus being a case in point.

yeah, part of me has goosebumps because we're seeing something never
before seen in human history (maybe ever)...but there's a lot of me
that's yawning. Hoo boy, more pastel rocks. 

-- 
Terrell Miller
millerto@bellsouth.net
"Every gardener knows nature's random cruelty"
-Paul Simon RE: George Harrison

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