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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ice jam on the Colorado River...
shown above is evocative of the icy surface of
Europa
, one of the many moons of Jupiter, as shown below.
(Click each image to enlarge.) Note, in both cases, the larger blocks of ice that have separated and rotated, then frozen within a slushy matrix.
Excellent technical paper:
Evidence for a subsurface ocean on Europa
(.pdf file).
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The Bu Element
J.P. Buchanan
Cheney, America
I am a professor of geology at Eastern Washington University. While my academic focus includes sedimentology, hydrogeology, and geomorphology, I am easily excited about all things geological. I am also an experienced world traveler, an avid photographer, and a passionate amateur astronomer. [All blog entries and original images posted herein: © 2009-2015 J.P. Buchanan - All Rights Reserved.]
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