Chapter 1862: Leviathan Volcano

Chapter 1862 Leviathan Volcano

'Okay, let's go up to Triton and have a look. After Zhao Zhongyao finished speaking, he drove the spaceship again and flew towards the near surface of Triton.

Soon, they flew into the sky hundreds of meters away from Triton. From this height, they could clearly see what the surface of Triton looked like.

Because Neptune is very far away from the sun, the temperature on Neptune's satellites is very low.

The temperature on Triton is basically around -235 degrees, which is a temperature close to absolute zero, almost the same as the temperature in interstellar space.

Because Triton's surface temperature is very low, everything here is in a frozen state. Triton's exterior is a frozen world of solid nitrogen and other icy substances.

Looking at this frozen world, people feel that there is no life here at all.

So, Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said, 'Dad, there is a world of ice and snow on this Triton, will there be life in it! Could it be that the ninth amethyst gem we are looking for is not on this triton at all. '

At this time every day, he also looked at Zhao Zhongyao and said, 'Dad, I think we should look for it in another place! How could this Triton have life. '

After hearing what Feifei and Tiantian said, Zhao Zhongyao smiled and said, "Don't say that, although the temperature on this Triton is very low, this Triton is very big. What we saw is just It's the tip of the iceberg. What the rest of it looks like, we don't know yet! '

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhongyao drove the spacecraft towards Triton's equator.

Soon, the spaceship brought Zhao Zhongyao and the others to a crater.

Feifei looked at the volcano above the ground and asked curiously, 'Dad, is this a volcano! What use are we here. '

At this time, Zhao Zhongyao said again,'I feel that the ninth amethyst gem we are looking for is in the melting ice lake near this crater. '

Zhao Zhongyao already knew Triton very well, and he had already deduced where the ninth amethyst gemstone they were looking for would be on Triton.

‘Dad, why do you say that, do you have any basis? Feifei looked at Zhao Zhongyao puzzled and said.

Tian Tian said inexplicably, 'Dad, why do you say that, do you know this volcano very well? '

At this time, Zhao Zhongyao looked at the two children again and said, "Of course, I know this volcano very well. Let me tell you something about this volcano!" '

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhongyao told the two children some knowledge about this volcano.

This volcano is the largest volcano on Triton, and it is also a cryovolcano.

Triton is geologically active, with a young surface and relatively few impact craters. Although Triton's crust is made of various icy materials, subsurface processes are similar to those that create volcanoes and rift valleys on Earth, but in contrast to water and ammonia are liquid rocks.

Triton's entire surface is cut by complex valleys and ridges, which may be the result of geological formations and cryovolcanism. The vast majority of surface features on Triton are endogenous, that is, the result of internal geological processes rather than external processes such as impacts.

And most are the result of volcanic or natural eruptions rather than geological formations. One of the largest cryovolcanic features found on Triton is Leviathan, a caldera-like feature near Triton's equator with a diameter of about 100 kilometers.

Surrounding the caldera is a volcanic dome extending about 2,000 km along its longest axis, and Leviathan is the second largest volcano in the Solar System after Mars' Mount Abbas. This geological feature is also connected to two large lakes of ice and lava seen to the northwest of the crater.

One of the smaller ice-lava lakes is at the upper left of the image on the right. Since ice lavas on Triton are believed to be mostly water ice with a small amount of ammonia, these lakes would become stable bodies of surface liquid water as they melt.

This is the first time such a body of water has been found outside of Earth. Triton is the only known icy body to have ice-lava lakes, although they can also be found on Ganymede, Ganymede, Charon, and Titan. See a similar ice lava phenomenon.

The Voyager 2 probe observed a tiny geyser-like outburst of nitrogen gas in 1989, entraining dust from beneath Triton's surface as high as 8 kilometers. Triton, along with Earth, Io, Europa, and Enceladus, is therefore one of the few objects in the solar system where some form of active eruption has been observed.

The easiest geyser eruptions to observe, respectively, were all observed between 50° and 57° south latitude, the sunlit region of Triton's surface.

This suggests that solar heating, albeit very weak at such a distance from the Sun as Triton, plays a crucial role. It is thought that Triton's surface may consist of a translucent layer of nitrogen ice covering a darker substrate, creating a "solid greenhouse effect".

Solar radiation passing through the thin ice sheet slowly heats and vaporizes the nitrogen ice beneath the surface until enough air pressure builds up to allow it to burst through the ice shell and erupt. As long as the temperature is only 4K higher than the surrounding surface temperature of 37K, an eruption to the height observed above will be produced.

Although commonly referred to as "cryovolcanoes," this nitrogen plume activity is distinct from the larger cryogenic eruptions on Triton and other celestial bodies' internal heat-driven volcanic processes. Scientists believe that every Martian year

Carbon dioxide geysers on Mars all spring from the Antarctic ice cap in the same way as Triton geysers.

Each geyser eruption on Triton can last up to a year, during which time about 100 million cubic meters of nitrogen ice will be erupted due to sublimation. Dust could be deposited in visible streaks up to 150 kilometers downwind, with more dispersed sediment drifting even farther.

After Zhao Zhongyao told the two children about this Leviathan volcano, he said, ‘Do you think there is a melting lake we are looking for around this ice volcano? ’ After hearing what Dad said, Feifei nodded and said, ‘It should be! '

At this time every day, he also happily said, 'Dad, what are we waiting for, go to the melting ice lake quickly. '

'Okay, let's go down and have a look, maybe we will be able to find the ninth amethyst gem we are looking for soon. Zhao Zhongyao also said happily.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhongyao drove the spaceship and flew towards the vicinity of Leviathan Volcano.

Soon, they flew over the ice volcano. Their spaceship was only a few hundred meters away from the crater of the ice volcano. From this height, they could clearly see the situation inside the entire Leviathan crater.

This is a huge volcano with a diameter of one hundred kilometers. It's just that because it no longer erupts, a huge ice sheet has formed inside. Zhao Zhongyao drove the spaceship, further lowered the altitude, and then flew over this huge ice field.

The crater of one hundred kilometers is a huge basin. The spaceship was flying inside, like a mosquito flying in a huge water basin, it seemed insignificant.

It's just that what Zhao Zhongyao and the others saw, the situation below was a pure white frozen world, without any signs of life. You can't even see a liquid lake. If you can see a liquid lake, you can imagine the movement of life.

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