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Post by SeaRat on Jan 8, 2020 22:06:58 GMT -8
Phil, You have us turning green with envy. Take some photo, report back, and simply enjoy the warmth. John You may be turning green with mold due to rain. Better have a doctor check it out. It's not mold, but rather moss. I've been getting rid of moss from our garden; it grows everywhere here. Actually, I just watched NOVA, about the four inner planets (ours included). Ours is the only one with water, liquid water, and therefore life. I do not mind the rain, the water in my face, the clouds and fog, because of this stuff is life. Now, as soon as the river gets clearer and calmer, I'll be there, watching the aquatic life, recording it, seeing the magnificence of its cycles, hopefully seeing the red-sided shiner spawning this year (I've missed it every year so far, but god it recorded in the North Umpqua near Roseburg, where I watched for almost 20 years). My new diving friend, the Japanese guy with the GoPro, and I may be diving together to watch the lampreys spawn too. John
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 9, 2020 15:59:42 GMT -8
Actually, I just watched NOVA, about the four inner planets (ours included). Ours is the only one with water, liquid water, and therefore life... John This is only what we are certain of: it's been speculated that Jupiter's moon Europa, I think, my have liquid water under its icy surface and could hypothetically harbor life. Evidently the tidal forces of Jupiter are so strong they squeeze the little moon like an accordion causing it to expand and contract: heating it to a certain extent! JB EDIT: until quite recently we didn't think that life could exist at the very bottom of the our oceans without sunlight: this has been proved wrong because we have found marine ecosystems near volcanic vents at very great depths.
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Post by crabbyjim on Jan 9, 2020 19:19:29 GMT -8
So, if you were scuba diving on Europa, which regulator would you use?
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 9, 2020 19:28:47 GMT -8
I think maybe my Scubair: or my Divair: Just because Howzabout you? JB
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Post by SeaRat on Jan 10, 2020 0:07:24 GMT -8
Well, from what I've read on Wikipedia, I'd probably go for a heated atmospheric suit underwater. And if on the surface, either a space suit with radiation protection or a capsule that I could use to get around. It's somewhere around -290 degrees F on the surface with almost no atmospheric pressure, and underwater it would be under maybe a mile of ice. So I'd like to stay at earth one atm. John
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Post by snark3 on Jan 10, 2020 10:19:00 GMT -8
Well, from what I've read on Wikipedia, I'd probably go for a heated atmospheric suit underwater. And if on the surface, either a space suit with radiation protection or a capsule that I could use to get around. It's somewhere around -290 degrees F on the surface with almost no atmospheric pressure, and underwater it would be under maybe a mile of ice. So I'd like to stay at earth one atm. John Sounds like my ex would be in her natural habitat there
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