Frozen canyons found on Pluto's North Pole

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Frozen canyons found on Pluto's North Pole

Hunter Lanier

Updated 3:07 pm, Friday, February 26, 2016



A new photo from NASA's New Horizons' spacecraft reveals Pluto's North Pole to be covered with frozen, colored canyons.

The widest of the canyons is approximately 45 miles, with most of the surrounding canyons around six miles wide, according to NASA. The widest part of Earth's Grand Canyon is only 18, by comparison.

NASA ascertains that these canyons are much older than the ones located elsewhere on the planet, for they seem degraded. "These canyons also appear to represent evidence for an ancient period of tectonics," said a spokesperson for NASA.

The coloring of Pluto's North Pole has also been deemed an "unusual" feature by NASA, as high elevations are yellow, which isn't concurrent with the rest of the planet.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/Frozen-canyons-found-on-Pluto-s-North-Pole-6856281.php

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

1. Darn. I thought you said frozen

crayons!

This paragraph even supported that misreading:

The coloring of Pluto's North Pole has also been deemed an "unusual" feature by NASA...

I need to get more sleep.

[myrna minx]

4. I read "crayons" too.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. Wow, I wonder why!

[sarisataka]

5. Me too

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. That's funny. That's three of us now.

Yet, canyons makes so much more sense. The brain is a funny thing.

[demmiblue]

9. Make that four!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

10. Lol, I definitely wasn't thinking of that Frozen!

Sorry for the thread-jacking, OP. Hopefully the action will bring more readers.

[Rod Beauvex]

11. Yeesh....

I know the distance vision in my left eye is getting fuzzy, but yeesh, I saw crayons as well.

[6chars]

2. This is awesome

Thanks.

[FSogol]

3. Very cool, thanks for posting. n/t

[Rafale]

6. But

Frozen what? Water? Jimmy Hoffa? What?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. Crayons.

Pay attention.

[demmiblue]

13. !

[Rafale]

14. Hey!

You're not the boss of me!

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. They think the yellow material may be methane ice, rather than nitrogen ice

which is more common at lower latitudes: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-frozen-canyons-of-pluto-s-north-pole

[Rafale]

16. Thanks!

For the link.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. "isn't concurrent with the rest of the planet" ???

con·cur·rent
kənˈkərənt/
adjective: concurrent

existing, happening, or done at the same time.
"there are three concurrent art fairs around the city"
synonyms: simultaneous, coincident, contemporaneous, parallel

[Judi Lynn]

18. Maybe it's future ice which has been polluted after US exploratory visits stink up the place. n/t