There might be underwater vents that produce heat. Im not sure what the core of the moon is made of, can DC help out? The bottom of our ocean is very cold, I dont think that we have seen the very bottom of our own ocean yet.
I understand the concept behind Europa. I'm sure it's fairly geologically active considering the effect that Jupiter has on it, it's just that it's soooo far away from the sun. I agree that there could be something under the ice but we aren't really at a point in our technology where we can do any investigating. I still think the best chance would be to drop some humans on Mars and see what they can dig up.
I bet if Cliffjumper was there he'd yell "Decepticon!" and shoot it. And I say it's the shadow of an overhanging cliff.
The moon is totally dead, no activity below the surface. Most likely it's core is solid iron, but if the theory that the moon is made up of parts of the earth that was knocked loose due to a big strike, then there might be even less iron than thought. I believe it has almost no magnetic field, due to the core being frozen, but am not sure.
I think it's strange that when I read the title of this thread, in my mind it sounded just like Shatner..... OMG, There's ..Some.. THING... on Mars!
And for a second I thought it was E.T. giving the rover the bird. "E.T. got left on this ****ing rock. E.T. can't phone home."
I believe it's a "hottie mermaid" too! In honor of that belief, I tossed one off as well! * *(if Martian males have side boobs does that make me gay?)
I still think a plant would be cooler. Could they not just clean up the image like they did with the face? (I still like the face more than the rock thing) Or is that the "cleaned up" version?