Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: amused

Tolkien's Mountains

Mountains on Titan are named after the mountains of Middle Earth.  Many of Titan's other features are also named out of various speculative fiction sources.  Just in case you needed more proof that scientists are total geeks.

*glee*  I wanna go adventuring on Doom Mons.
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fayanora

fayanora

December 15 2012, 04:11:23 UTC 8 years ago

well, this complicates Frodo's mission.