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The first photos of water on Pluto are puzzling scientists in 2 ways
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-photos-water-pluto-challenging-180313134.html

In reality, the water ice on Pluto is red, not blue like in the photo or clear like it is here on Earth. And scientists are dumbfounded as to why.

"I'm surprised that this water ice is so red," Silvia Protopapa, a New Horizons team member, said in a NASA press release. "We don't yet understand the relationship between water ice and the reddish tholin colorants on Pluto's surface."

The "tholin colorants" that Protopapa is referring to are a type of molecule that are generally red in color and form when organic compounds — which have nothing to do with life in this case — are blasted with ultraviolet light from the sun. Pluto's atmosphere is rich with tholins, but whether the red-tinted water ice on Pluto's surface contains any of them remains an unanswered question.

Reminded me of this song......................


PETER GABRIEL - Red Rain
PETER GABRIEL LYRICS - Red Rain

"Red Rain"

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me

I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
this place is so quiet, sensing that storm

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me

well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
they tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
there is no blood around see no sign of pain
hay ay ay no pain
seeing no red at all, see no rain

red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me.............................

song continues in link.