Solar System Geysers—Each a Fountain of Youth

Institute for Creation Research ^ | 8-8-14 | Brian THomas

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Solar System Geysers—Each a Fountain of Youth

by Brian Thomas, M.S. *

A sticky problem for nature-only origins just got 100 times worse.

When discovered about ten years ago, a remarkable plume of water ice ejected from Enceladus, an icy moon in Saturn’s E ring, left secular notions of the moon’s origin up in the air. Detailed inspection of Enceladus now shows not just one, but 101 geysers shooting ice particles into space through four fissures that cut across a basin in its south-pole region.1

If these geysers formed billions of years ago as secular origins models insist, then small Solar System bodies should be old, cold, and dead—that is, geologically, magnetically, and otherwise completely inactive. Enceladus already broke this “cold” mold once with its towering water-ice plume, and then a second time when close measurements revealed more heat than expected.2

Secularists have difficulty modeling any means by which the moon could still have the material and energy necessary to spout geysers, both of which should have been spent millions of years ago. However, from the perspective of recent creation, still-active planets and moons like Enceladus come as no surprise.

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ICR article image.

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http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/enceladus-geyser.jpg

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Just a reminder, it's "Enceladus", not "Ensalada".

Just a little Sapnish lesson for the day.

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Spanish slepping.....

[dirtboy]

If these geysers formed billions of years ago as secular origins models insist, then small Solar System bodies should be old, cold, and dead—that is, geologically, magnetically, and otherwise completely inactive.

Red herring. The impact of Saturn's gravity drives this process, as it does on Jupiter's moon Io.

[TStro]

True. The same process is exerted on Earth by the moon. We would be much different without the tidal forces that drive tectonics.

[ETL 2]

Are they trying to suggest in this photo that those magnetic field lines are the moon's? Looks to me like it's an image of a solar eclpise (moon in front of the sun). The magnetic field lines are the sun's.

[Red Badger]

I ate a bad ensaladas once.
It gave me a geyser....................

[dfwgator]

True. The same process is exerted on Earth by the moon. We would be much different without the tidal forces that drive tectonics.

But of course the placement of the Moon was completely random. /s

[KoRn]

"Red herring. The impact of Saturn's gravity drives this process, as it does on Jupiter's moon Io"

Terrific summary! I was about to post a VERY similar reply, but you beat me to it. lol

Ironically, One Moon has fire, the other has Ice, but both having similar processes with different 'home planets'. All of this is fascinating to me. (don't particularly care for the tone of this article though)

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Red herring. The impact of Saturn's gravity drives this process, as it does on Jupiter's moon Io.

"Tidal heating (also known as tidal working) occurs through the tidal friction processes: orbital and rotational energy are dissipated as heat in the crust of the moons and planets involved. Io, a moon of Jupiter, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with no impact craters surviving on its surface. This is because the tidal force of Jupiter deforms Io;[1] the eccentricity of Io's orbit (a consequence of its participation in a Laplace resonance) causes the height of Io's tidal bulge to vary significantly (by up to 100 m) over the course of an orbit; the friction from this tidal flexing then heats up its interior. A similar but weaker process is theorised to have melted the lower layers of the ice surrounding the rocky mantle of Jupiter's next large moon, Europa. Saturn's moon Enceladus is similarly thought to have a liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. The water vapor geysers which eject material from Enceladus are thought to be powered by friction generated within this moon's shifting ice crust.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_heating

[ETL 2]

Red herring. The impact of Saturn's gravity drives this process, as it does on Jupiter's moon Io.

"Saturn's moon Enceladus is similarly thought to have a liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. The water vapor geysers which eject material from Enceladus are thought to be powered by friction generated within this moon's shifting ice crust.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_heating

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You maybe ate the whole thing, but it helps to read the whole thing.

[dirtboy]

I, like most Freepers, tend to stop once we realize we are in a field chock full of meadow muffins.

[JimRed]

That “moon” could be a recent capture by Saturn, within the past few thousand or few hundred thousand years.

[12th_Monkey]

God created this for us to ooh and ahh over. Still, if this process has been going on for billions of years, where is all the water coming from?

[SunkenCiv]

thnx

[Moonman62]

Does the water reach escape velocity?

[12th_Monkey]

Yes, the water shoots a couple 100 miles above the surface.

Neat picture taken by Cassini of the plumes

[Toddsterpatriot]

If these geysers formed billions of years ago as secular origins models insist, then small Solar System bodies should be old, cold, and dead—that is, geologically, magnetically, and otherwise completely inactive.

Wow! Total fail. Not surprising though.