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stellar-indulgence: The combination of Titan’s low gravity and thick atmosphere would allow a human to fly by strapping “fake wings” to their arms. The second-largest moon in the solar system, Saturn’s Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, which is much deeper than Earth’s. It’s so thick and the gravity so weak, in fact, that you could strap wings on your arms and flap them like a bird to fly. The air is mostly nitrogen, but the rest is mostly hydrocarbons, giving Titan’s atmosphere a thick orange smoggy haze that is opaque to visible light. Cassini studies Titan in infrared light (which can penetrate the haze) and with radar — and in 2004, via the Huygens Probe, an atmosphere probe became the first spacecraft to transmit from the surface of a moon other than our own. Titan is remarkably earthlike, apart from being so cold that water is as hard as rock; in addition to the atmosphere, it is the only place other than Earth known to have bodies of liquid on the surface — lakes as large as the Great Lakes, except that it’s not water: it’s probably methane or ethane. The climate is probably similar to some of our deserts, with gigantic monsoons perhaps once a decade or more, and long droughts between. NASA scientists are working on a mission called Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) specifically to study the lakes of Titan.Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/ It’s Raining on Titan! Illustration Credit & Copyright: David A. Hardy (AstroArt)
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stellar-indulgence: The combination of Titan’s low gravity and thick atmosphere would allow a human to fly by strapping “fake wings” to their arms. The second-largest moon in the solar system, Saturn’s Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, which is much deeper than Earth’s. It’s so thick and the gravity so weak, in fact, that you could strap wings on your arms and flap them like a bird to fly. The air is mostly nitrogen, but the rest is mostly hydrocarbons, giving Titan’s atmosphere a thick orange smoggy haze that is opaque to visible light. Cassini studies Titan in infrared light (which can penetrate the haze) and with radar — and in 2004, via the Huygens Probe, an atmosphere probe became the first spacecraft to transmit from the surface of a moon other than our own. Titan is remarkably earthlike, apart from being so cold that water is as hard as rock; in addition to the atmosphere, it is the only place other than Earth known to have bodies of liquid on the surface — lakes as large as the Great Lakes, except that it’s not water: it’s probably methane or ethane. The climate is probably similar to some of our deserts, with gigantic monsoons perhaps once a decade or more, and long droughts between. NASA scientists are working on a mission called Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) specifically to study the lakes of Titan.Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/ It’s Raining on Titan! Illustration Credit & Copyright: David A. Hardy (AstroArt)
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stellar-indulgence:

The combination of Titan’s low gravity and thick atmosphere would allow a human to fly by strapping “fake wings” to their arms.

The second-largest moon in the solar system, Saturn’s Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, which is much deeper than Earth’s. It’s so thick and the gravity so weak, in fact, that you could strap wings on your arms and flap them like a bird to fly. The air is mostly nitrogen, but the rest is mostly hydrocarbons, giving Titan’s atmosphere a thick orange smoggy haze that is opaque to visible light. Cassini studies Titan in infrared light (which can penetrate the haze) and with radar — and in 2004, via the Huygens Probe, an atmosphere probe became the first spacecraft to transmit from the surface of a moon other than our own. Titan is remarkably earthlike, apart from being so cold that water is as hard as rock; in addition to the atmosphere, it is the only place other than Earth known to have bodies of liquid on the surface — lakes as large as the Great Lakes, except that it’s not water: it’s probably methane or ethane. The climate is probably similar to some of our deserts, with gigantic monsoons perhaps once a decade or more, and long droughts between. NASA scientists are working on a mission called Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) specifically to study the lakes of Titan.

Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/ It’s Raining on Titan! Illustration Credit & Copyright: David A. Hardy (AstroArt)

today was a good day : - Fast & Furious 6 was awesomely awesome : Dat Gina Carano, Dat Vin Diesel/ The Rock team-up (AAAAHHHHH !!!!!). And there is a real post-credit scene, the kind that make you go ” OH FUCK ! “. - Only God Forgives : similar to Valhalla Rising, very contemplative and very empty. The cinematography is just fantastic and the violence very visual, but the movie is very empty. I was expecting something more like Bronson or Drive, I witnessed visual masturbation. But I love visual masturbation :P - House of M : only 16.30 €. Operation ” Buy all the comics I download ” is on the way. - Tomb Raider : gift vouchers I love you
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today was a good day : - Fast & Furious 6 was awesomely awesome : Dat Gina Carano, Dat Vin Diesel/ The Rock team-up (AAAAHHHHH !!!!!). And there is a real post-credit scene, the kind that make you go ” OH FUCK ! “. - Only God Forgives : similar to Valhalla Rising, very contemplative and very empty. The cinematography is just fantastic and the violence very visual, but the movie is very empty. I was expecting something more like Bronson or Drive, I witnessed visual masturbation. But I love visual masturbation :P - House of M : only 16.30 €. Operation ” Buy all the comics I download ” is on the way. - Tomb Raider : gift vouchers I love you
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today was a good day :

- Fast & Furious 6 was awesomely awesome : Dat Gina Carano, Dat Vin Diesel/ The Rock team-up (AAAAHHHHH !!!!!). And there is a real post-credit scene, the kind that make you go ” OH FUCK ! “.

- Only God Forgives : similar to Valhalla Rising, very contemplative and very empty. The cinematography is just fantastic and the violence very visual, but the movie is very empty. I was expecting something more like Bronson or Drive, I witnessed visual masturbation. But I love visual masturbation :P

- House of M : only 16.30 €. Operation ” Buy all the comics I download ” is on the way.

- Tomb Raider : gift vouchers I love you

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