Probe Shows Jupiter Moon 'Puking' Into Space 152
Tablizer writes "The New Horizons probe caught the moon Io in the act of 'barfing' into space. A five-frame sequence from the New Horizons probe captured a beautiful plume of ash from Io's Tvashtar volcano. "Snapped by the probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter earlier this year, this first-ever "movie" of an Io plume clearly shows motion in the cloud of volcanic debris, which extends 330 kilometers (200 miles) above the moon's surface ... The appearance and motion of the plume is remarkably similar to an ornamental fountain on Earth, replicated on a gigantic scale.""
"Puking" and "barfing"? (Score:5, Insightful)
I mean, was that really necessary? Or is the story not interesting enough itself without toilet humor?
Huh? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? (Score:3, Insightful)
What rule says that titles and summaries must be verbatim?
I mean, was that really necessary? Or is the story not interesting enough itself without toilet humor?
It provides an interesting visual metaphor. Not everybody likes everything dry and clinical all the time. Otherwise, we wouldn't have overlord jokes.
-The Submitter- (but not the Decider)
Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? (Score:5, Insightful)
In what, second grade?
would an american submitter (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Question: Why is the quality so poor? (Score:2, Insightful)
The limiting factor of the space probes that took the photos would be CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.
Re:Great terminology... (Score:3, Insightful)