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DAYLID VOLCANOES POSSIBLY STILL ACTIVE
Posted by VE Reporter
DAYLID --- Volcanoes buried far beneath the frozen surface of Daylid, an often neglected member of the Rheagent system, could have -- via several tons of ice -- produced water necessary for an atmosphere. "They also could still be active," Cepany scientists stated this week.
The volcanoes heated up ground ice on Daylid and caused the melted water to flow downhill which carved channels that today appear in Cepany satellite images as dry riverbeds radiating away from the volcanic centers, the researchers theorized.
The University of Mangol geologists studied Daylid satellite images of two older volcanoes to produce their findings, which they presented at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Selkirk City, Lotaith.
"What is most intriguing about these volcanoes is that they are surrounded by channels," said lead
investigator Gria Gecart, "Of all the volcanoes on Daylid, these volcanoes have the largest and greatest numbers of channels associated with them, indicating that there was a lot of water around when they were forming."
Pribe is not active enough to produce a source of constant liquid water needed to sustain life, but Gria Gecart and other scientists have theorized that the planet was once warm enough to have great quantities of the substance, providing what could have been suitable conditions for life.
"The combination of the heat and energy from the volcanoes and the liquid water makes conditions ripe for the evolution of life, at least as we understand it on planets such as Cepany and Lotaith," Miss Gecart stated.
Located in the southern hemisphere, the two volcanoes could have been active for the last 3.5 billion years and possibly still are, Gecart said. Named Aretap Anehrryt and Aretap Acairdah, the two resemble overturned saucers, thus their shared first name, a Sullustan word for "saucer."
The scientists based their findings on new high-resolution images from the Daylid Global Surveyor, a Vast Empire Naval satellite that has orbited Daylid for the last several months.
Other researchers attending the Vast Empire-sponsored conference welcomed the study as more historical evidence of a wet and warm Daylid.
"It is principally a study of volcanism, but this report does indicate that water has been an important factor in shaping Daylid's surface and the chemistry of its rocks," said Karr Kargil, a Cepany Geological Survey geologist who studies the Rheagent solar system.
"This has taken place through much of Daylid's history and almost surely has continued into the recent era."
Some radical scientists have even suggested that substances other than water, such as exotic forms of toxic Crimson Dioxis, could have shaped many of the younger features on surface of Daylid.
[the above article was a holonews excerpt courtesy of the Lotaith Times]
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