NASA reveals first-ever photo of liquid on another world

Cnn.copm ^ | 12/18/2009 | Thom Patterson

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

let’s send Barack and Michele there for another honeymoon.

After all, it is a “moon”.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

Nope, Too cold!

[onedoug]

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” —Psalm 19:1

[onedoug]

ping

[blackminorca]

How did our dinosaurs get over there to make petrochemicals?

[Levante]

Can you say...Flying Dutchman...?

[SunkenCiv]

a giant lake of methane on the northern half of Saturn's moon Titan

Thanks dragnet2.

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[Zeppo]

"It was great because if you look at photos of planets, you mostly see nothing is happening. But in two hours we saw a glint of light getting brighter."

I'll tell ya, Pluto must be pissed - first it gets demoted from a full planet to just another "Kuiper Belt Object" or "plutino", and now some NASA folks are referring to Titan as a planet... It just adds insult to injury... Pluto just can't get no respect...

[Jed Eckert]

Hmmm....three words come to mind: Abiogenic petroleum origin

[freedombird]

Liquid methane huh?....been there.....wasn’t pretty!...kind of embarassing actually..

[TASMANIANRED]

Methane is a gas at earth temperatures, can only be maintained as a liquid under pressure.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

THe US exploded to nuclear bombs in space in either the late 50’s or early 60’s. There were explosions. How else do you account for mutant aliens like the Obamas, Clintons, Gore, Reid, Pelosi, Boxer, Franken and Frank?

[GAB-1955]

“Man.... if someone lit a match up there it would blow the place up!”

Only if someone was feeding oxygen to the fire.

[ecomcon]

How about one that’s in focus?

[Ptarmigan]

Cool find!

[dr_who]

Darn, I was hoping for something more like this:


Not bad, though. You don't see liquid methane lakes every day of the week.

[sig226]

-295 F. I kinda doubt there’s anything alive there. It’s probably methane.

[stevie_d_64]

Just before you pass out??? ;-)

[Rebelbase]

What the photo doesn’t show is the alien roach-coach directly below the cloud.