Saturns moon shows icy surface and 'boulders'

[astrophoto]

Interesting new pictures:<br /><br />http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7692<br /><br />Could these possibly be gas bubbles from underneath that came up and froze instead of boulders?

 

[yurkin]

<i>"But Rothery points out the boulders avoid - rather than fill - the cracks. This might indicate that the fracturing took place after the boulders had already formed."</i><br /><br />I'd say ejecta but theres no craters.

 

[silylene old]

This is a duplicate thread.<br /><br />Another thread has been discussing this topic for the last week:<br />http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=sciastro&Number=151667&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=5&vc=1<br /><br />Please refer to the original thread to prevent duplication. thnx <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[le3119]

Very interesting.