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New Horizons data suggests mountains of nitrogen ice on Pluto have evaporated
Baltimore Sun ^
| 7/17/15
| Scott Dance
Posted on 07/18/2015 10:20:19 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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You wanted weird? On Earth mountains are worn down through weathering and erosion. On Pluto they evaporate. Mountains evaporate.
To: LibWhacker
More evidence of the far reaching effects of ‘climate change.’ sarc.
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:23:14 PM PDT
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: Idaho_Cowboy; LibWhacker
The Mi-Go and Tsathoggua on Yuggoth must get rid of their SUV’s!
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:27:01 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: LibWhacker
To: LibWhacker
A giant ball of dry ice sort of evaporating as it hurtles uhhh flies thru space..
Should name it Planet Clinton.. Disintegrating as we watch from afar.
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:29:45 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: LibWhacker
Where did all that nitrogen come from?
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:31:09 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: LibWhacker
Melting nitrogen ice mountains. Space Commander algore warned us about garthok knarfling, and now here we are.
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:35:20 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: LibWhacker
Oh, my. Climate change on Pluto, too? Bet those Pluton democrats are pissed. Gonna have to start requiring car pools. No more back yard BBQs on Pluto!
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:38:57 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:39:52 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: LibWhacker
New Horizons data suggests mountains of nitrogen ice on Pluto have evaporated CO2!!!!
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:45:48 PM PDT
by
publius911
(If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
To: tumblindice
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:51:45 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: LibWhacker
I am actually surprised they used the word “evaporate”. I would have expected them to use the term “sublimate”.
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:54:12 PM PDT
by
BRK
To: smokingfrog
Made in the core of stars. Our own air is 78% nitrogen. So there is a lot of it around. Its abundance Universe-wide is a paltry 0.1%. That’s not a paradox. It obviously differentiates very nicely into planetary crusts and atmospheres, as you’d expect of such a light element. But that’s just my lay opinion. I’m sure someone more knowledgable than me can clarify things for us!
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:54:15 PM PDT
by
LibWhacker
("Because once you pee on someone's face, you HAVE to shoot him.")
To: BRK
Can’t expect too much accuracy out of the Baltimore Sun!
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posted on
07/18/2015 10:56:07 PM PDT
by
LibWhacker
("Because once you pee on someone's face, you HAVE to shoot him.")
To: smokingfrog
Where did all that nitrogen come from? From Uranus. Ha ha ha ha! Ho ho ho ho! He he he he!
To: Jim Robinson
I bet they’re fudging the data out there, too! Evaporating mountains is probably way over-hyped, stupid Pluton ‘rats!
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:05:05 PM PDT
by
LibWhacker
("Because once you pee on someone's face, you HAVE to shoot him.")
To: BRK
"Pluto's becoming a brand that sort of sells itself. You don't really have to work all that hard," said Alan Stern, the New Horizons mission's principal investigator and a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. "I think the solar system saved the best for last." So much science talk.....NOT... Sounds like a presentation for a marketing plan. Which it probably is.
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:05:44 PM PDT
by
BRK
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
and that’s why my farts don’t smell
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:14:10 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: BRK
That is because you are scientically literate. They aren’t.
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:14:46 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
To: LibWhacker
The Plutans are gonna have to give up their SUVS.
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posted on
07/18/2015 11:21:06 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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