Figure 13-24: RIVUXG
Cryovolcanism The Sorta Facula region contains Titan’s best candidate for a cryovolcano made of water-ice. Some of the taller peaks are more than 1,000 meters high, next to a deep 1,500-meter volcanic crater. There are also examples on Earth where a crater is deeper than the height of the volcano. At the moment, the cryovolcano does not appear to be active. The blue areas in this false-colored radar map are thought to be exposed water-ice, with other colors possibly due to a thin layer of organic compounds covering water-ice.
Cryovolcanism The Sorta Facula region contains Titan’s best candidate for a cryovolcano made of water-ice. Some of the taller peaks are more than 1,000 meters high, next to a deep 1,500-meter volcanic crater. There are also examples on Earth where a crater is deeper than the height of the volcano. At the moment, the cryovolcano does not appear to be active. The blue areas in this false-colored radar map are thought to be exposed water-ice, with other colors possibly due to a thin layer of organic compounds covering water-ice.
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS/University of Arizona)