| Deviant Login | Shop | Join deviantART for FREE  |
Take the Tour  |
| Contests / 2009 / Beyond the Frontier / Unknown Moons | ©2009-2013 ~Temiree |
Here is the back story for my piece. If you don't want to read the whole thing, just read the final paragraph. What I describe in it is what inspired the piece, as well as the title. This moon. Celios, is one of three that circle the planet Tinoutia. The planet orbits the sun Arduran in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
It is entirely covered in liquid water, which is kept from freezing from a combination of it's hot core, the sun and tidal forces from Tinoutia. It has been this way for a few hundred million of years, but is expected to eventually die out as the moon's core cools down. It'll start by freezing at the surface, then work it's way downward. The weak atmosphere helps keep a little bit of warmth from the heat retention of the water, however it's very mild. At the water's surface, the "air" is 5C. By the time you reach 300 feet above the surface, it can reach -150C.
The oceans on the moon average 1060 meters deep, with the shallowest being 60 meters, and the deepest being 2885 meters. At the bottom of the deepest part, the water is nearly 30C, being very close to the molten core.
The only ripples in the eternally calm waters come space debris hitting the surface. The waves generated can, and will, move along the surface for years, decades, sometimes even centuries. The ones you see could have been originally generated over three hundred years ago. The brief event of chaos will live on in ripples along the surface, growing more peaceful everyday, until they completely fade away, and the moment being forgotten forever.
The Journal Portal
Browse Journals |
Polls |
deviantART [dee·vee·un'nt·ART]
Keep in Touch!
|
Deviousness `ChewedKandi has certainly gone out of her way to keep the vector community on the right path. Always making sure that her talents are infinitely scalable, Sharon has put her bezier curves to excellent use, and firmly anchored herself as an inspirational leader. We're absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for June 2013 to `ChewedKandi. Congratulations, Sharon! Read More
|
Sta.sh
Think I could stare at this work for hours.
Suddenly my entry looks rather dull