http://psychogeeks.com/fountains-on-io-118/ Ramblings of an armchair astronomer and inveterate geek Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://psychogeeks.com/fountains-on-io-118/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Chris W Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:06:45 +0000 http://psychogeeks.com/fountains-on-io-118/#comment-15 I know it was certainly a surprise to the folks running the Voyager probes back in 1979. Nobody expected a body as small as Io to be volcanically active, and it took some time to come up with a plausible explanation. Even more surprising was the discovery of geyser-like eruptions of nitrogen gas and dust on Neptune's moon Triton. Still trying to get to grips with that one. I know it was certainly a surprise to the folks running the Voyager probes back in 1979. Nobody expected a body as small as Io to be volcanically active, and it took some time to come up with a plausible explanation. Even more surprising was the discovery of geyser-like eruptions of nitrogen gas and dust on Neptune’s moon Triton. Still trying to get to grips with that one.

]]> http://psychogeeks.com/fountains-on-io-118/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Wes Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:59:24 +0000 http://psychogeeks.com/fountains-on-io-118/#comment-14 These are quite spectacular images. Although you've already discussed it, who would have thought that this activity would be going on in those far reaches of our system? These are quite spectacular images. Although you’ve already discussed it, who would have thought that this activity would be going on in those far reaches of our system?

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