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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Enceladus Ocean is Alkaline NaCl/Na2CO3 Solution
Similar to alkaline lakes on Earth; well within the pH range of extremophiles. Paper here.
Above: geysers at the south pole of Enceladus, credit teachastronomy.com. Below: Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain, California, USA, Earth, credit Wikipedia.
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