And yet another new exotic freediving locality

[trux]

From Space.com - although long supsected, NASA now confirmed the presence of liquid lakes and rivers on Saturn's moon Titan:

Images shot last summer by NASA's Cassini spacecraft provide the strongest evidence yet that Titan, a saturnian moon and one of the most Earth-like celestial bodies in the solar system, is dotted with a multitude of liquid lakes.

"At the time we first announced it, we were like, 'Well, we think these are probably lakes,’ but that was about our level of confidence," said study team member Ellen Stofan of University College London and Caltech. "I would say at this point, we've analyzed the data to the extent that we feel very confident that they are liquid-filled lakes."

Instead of water, however, the Titan lakes [image] are likely filled with methane, and possibly even ethane, organic compounds that are gases on Earth but liquid on the frigid surface of Titan.

"It's going to behave like water," Stofan said about liquid methane. "It's transparent just the way water is. So if you were standing by the shoreline, you would be able to see down to whatever pebbles or gunk that was on the bottom."
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[sanso]

It's good to know they have gunk on Titan, too.

 

[podge]

You’d want some funky wetsuit to take a dip in one of those lakes!
I reckon they’d be almost as cold as the sea around the UK at the moment.

 

[Oldsarge]

But does anyone make a 7m wetsuit?

 

[trux]

But does anyone make a 7m wetsuit?

When you dive in a lake of Abolute Vodka, you do not care about any wetsuit at all! :friday

 

[sanso]

I don't know about 7m, but I got my SCUBA certificate in a 7mm. The lake is cold...
...cold...

 

[bdurrett]

I don't know about 7m, but I got my SCUBA certificate in a 7mm. The lake is cold...
...cold...

Believe me, it you want to go diving on Titan in a lake of liquid methane or ethane, you are going to want a 7 meter DRY suit! and a VERY big O2 supply to go with it.....

 

[RydDragyn]

When you dive in a lake of Abolute Vodka, you do not care about any wetsuit at all! :friday

Not to be too much of a nerd, but ethane's a lot different than ethanol:duh

 

[trux]

Not to be too much of a nerd, but ethane's a lot different than ethanol:duh

That's for sure, but once you are in it, you do not care about the difference. At least not for too long

 

[Rockbrother]

A lake of methan will cause quite a stink, If your nose does not freeze off.

 

[bdurrett]

A lake of methan will cause quite a stink, If your nose does not freeze off.

Yeah, no kidding.... Do the words "Don't light a match!" ring a bell? rofl

 

[Akoni]

Yeah, no kidding.... Do the words "Don't light a match!" ring a bell? rofl

I think "Don't fart!" will be better, the fartsparks might be enough.

 

[trux]

The latest research of Titan shows surprising irregularities in the moon spin period, leading to a theory that beside the already known surface methane lakes, the entire crust may be laying on a giant ocean of liquid water - a liquid layer of the moon core (around 100km below the surface).

More about it here: NASA - Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust

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"The combination of an organic-rich environment and liquid water is very appealing to astrobiologists"

Prepare your spearguns!

 

[trux]

Another stunning photo from the Cassini probe - Titan with sunshine gleaming off the liquid lakes:

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More about it here: Cassini Captures Sunshine Gleaming off Lake on Titan | Universe Today

 

[wet]

From Space.com - although long supsected, NASA now confirmed the presence of liquid lakes and rivers on Saturn's moon Titan:

Your friendly dive partner is waiting for you!
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