View Full Version : The Sands of Titan


blobrana
05-03-08, 04:57 AM
"Titan and Earth have much in common, but not when it comes to sand.
On Earth, sand grains form by breaking things down, but on Titan, the opposite may be true - with much of the sand a product of building things up."

Read more (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassinif-20080502.html)

draqon
05-03-08, 05:00 AM
Titan has water ice rocks...

blobrana
05-03-08, 05:09 AM
Hum,
Yeah, the term `sand` should be `taken with a pinch of salt`.

Clown
05-03-08, 03:23 PM
Ironically, a pinch of salt is like sand.

Enmos
05-03-08, 03:24 PM
And 'breaks down' ice..

Clown
05-03-08, 09:35 PM
Coincidence?..:shrug: