--- Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would Europa look like this in a "brief melt"? > A "brief melt" amounts > to the Sun going nova, and Europa's surface would > turn into the surface of > one big ocean, boiling away under the combination of > nova heat and the > vacuum of space. Nothing but steam. In short, it > would probably look more > like Venus does now: white cloud cover.
Well, an intensification of radiation (due to, say, a shift in Jupiter's magnetic field) could lead to a brief melt, I suppose. However, a brief melt wouldn't lead to rivers, but rather to steam, due to sublimation. However, if you're harboring a desire to visit another planet, I recommend a trip to Iceland. I've only ever flown through on a stopover, but even from a plane window the landscape is like nothing else. --Mark __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
