Surface of Uranus repost 2

Started by TheBlackHole, September 22, 2009, 03:54:47 PM

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TheBlackHole

Here I am, trying to post my pic yet again...
No, there is no larger version.
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ScottTX

The Sun is too large!  Uranus is 1.8 billion miles from the sun.  The Sun would appear VERY small in Uranus' sky.

Henry Blewer

Actually it is a function of atmospheric refraction, and what magnification properties the atmosphere possesses.
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Jack

yes i agree the sun could refract through the clouds and make it appear larger than it acrually is but why is their an ocean?
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Cyber-Angel

This is a nice work (of fiction) here: as I irritated before Uranus is a Gas Giant there is no surface, yes admittedly it has a solid core you'd never get that far as the atmospheric pressure would kill you long before you got there.

Secondly while Uranus is blue due to methane crystals in its upper atmosphere that adsorb red light and reflect blue light back it has no oceans, Europa one of the moons of Jupiter is speculated to have one under its ice, as the surface is relatively young and has no impact creators; thus leading to the hypothesis that there is a liquid ocean there, however it should be noted that water has not been seen thus far I do not know weather a hydrogen spike has ever been detected on Europa. Titan, a moon of the gas giant Saturn has an ocean of liqud methane.

At the relative distance from the sun the sun would be small enough for you to cover it with your thumb instead of you hand as on earth. These details aside nice work.  ;D 8)

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TheBlackHole

#5
Actually, I couldn't make the sun small enough and used the default size. I like my suns big! :) And Uranus is believed to have a layer of liquids of some sort. http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/intranet/subjects/astronomy/My%20Webs/Yr%208%20Astro/Uranus_files/URANUS7.jpg
EDIT: I looked at the world file for this scene and I discovered the actual sun size was 0.2 degrees. The "large sun" was caused by the atmosphere! I went ahead and made a few more renders for anyone who refuses to accept that Uranus has a planetwide ocean of atmospheric chemicals or simply hates the "large sun" effect.
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N810

#6
Yea the ocean is most definately not water...
It would probaly be something nasty like Amonia, Methane, or nitrogen...

Doh.. I was right...
(looked at link)
It would probaly be Methane.
Hmmm... wonder what this button does....

Henry Blewer

"George, we can't possibly live here. The place smells like millions of cows." ???
Just having fun.
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MacGyver

Quote from: njeneb on September 23, 2009, 03:16:11 PM
"George, we can't possibly live here. The place smells like millions of cows." ???
Just having fun.

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TheBlackHole

#9
Quote from: Cyber-Angel on September 22, 2009, 11:51:32 PM
This is a nice work (of fiction) here: as I irritated before Uranus is a Gas Giant there is no surface, yes admittedly it has a solid core you'd never get that far as the atmospheric pressure would kill you long before you got there.

Secondly while Uranus is blue due to methane crystals in its upper atmosphere that adsorb red light and reflect blue light back it has no oceans, Europa one of the moons of Jupiter is speculated to have one under its ice, as the surface is relatively young and has no impact creators; thus leading to the hypothesis that there is a liquid ocean there, however it should be noted that water has not been seen thus far I do not know weather a hydrogen spike has ever been detected on Europa. Titan, a moon of the gas giant Saturn has an ocean of liqud methane.

At the relative distance from the sun the sun would be small enough for you to cover it with your thumb instead of you hand as on earth. These details aside nice work.  ;D 8)

Regards to you.
Cyber-Angel                    
That moon is Europa. Titan is believed to be covered in "smust," drifting in dunes and looking like waves. Sadly, there does not seem to be a large ocean, although there may be hundred or thousands of small lakes. Just like Minnesota!  ;D
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schmeerlap

Quote from: TheBlackHole on September 25, 2009, 04:57:18 PM
Want me to reveal a big secret about this scene? I used Terragen 0.9!

Really!   ::)

John
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TheBlackHole

Yes! I used Terragen Classic! I made this before I got Terragen 2!
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