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Published: 2012-12-09 21:54:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 16099; Favourites: 435; Downloads: 0
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I got inspired by few articles about Triton's (Neptune's largest moon) origins. There is a theory that after Triton got caught by Neptune it got heated from the insides by Neptune's tidal forces.And that interior heat caused water ice melt and Triton for some time had liquid oceanic surface. After Triton's orbit around Neptune stabilized tidal forces became weaker and so interior heat also slowly faded. Then this ocean freeze solid.
So, i imagined this ocean covered by some steam clouds forming from warm oceanic surface. I think Triton may had pretty dense atmosphere at those times...
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Very Nice
WARNING: READ BELOW IF YOU REALLY LIKE ASTRONOMY AND UNDERSTAND BASIC SCIENCE LANGUAGE
Just a fact, if you do the calculations, it is theoretically impossible for Triton to have liquid water on the surface even if Neptune's tidal forces heated the moon up due to the following three reasons:
1. It has too little of a gravity to hold the liquid on the surface (thus, most of the water would just evaporate away)
(Triton has a mass similar to that of Pluto)
2. As shown within hypothesis predicted on Europa and Ganymede, such liquids would only be able to exist near the core of the moon, as the core is the portion of the moon being heated by Neptune's gravitational forces.
3. As with Triton today, tidal forces are still in motion; which creates Nitrogen-based geysers on the moon today. However, being Triton's origins from the Kuiper Belt (Objects from beyond the orbit of Neptune), it is nearly impossible for water to have received enough thermal frictional energy from the host object in order for it to liquify.
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Great work on the clouds! I would like to add this to the "Spacescapes - Digital" gallery at the Space-Vistas group. (And, of course, you are welcome to join the group!)
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I found this here 
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Now this is beautiful! So inviting, clouds effect and poses are great. Bravo! Making apparent asteroids near the sun more chaotic will benefit, but who cares -- its already great.
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pagaliau kazka padoresnio pavarei. saunuolis! +fav
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This is so beautiful and serene! I just love how powerful yet quiet this feels.
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Thanks! I started thinking that i should paint something which is not related to the sky and clouds, but i still end up with another cloudscape
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Yes! I'll never get tired of you doing cloudscapes! I feel so peaceful when looking at your paintings
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YEah son! Thats epic, nice job as always.
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