Strawman steven.
How can you make the conclusion that the gases are emitted from the subsurface, as opposed to the hypothesis that the O-(from comet) and H+ (solar wind) combine to form hydroxl in the near atmosphere?
This would provide for absorption spectra.
Emission spectra from surface activity would be so localized and spiratic, i do not see these images having the resolution to determine this, the majority of the spectra would of-course be the absorption, this has always been the hypothesis of the electric comet.
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http://www.holoscience.com/news.php?article=nq9zna2m
As explained earlier, electrical sputtering of rocky minerals on the comet nucleus will tear molecules apart, producing O- ions which combine with protons (H+) from the solar ‘wind’ to produce OH. The sunward side of the coma is the place where the coma is most compressed and where we should expect OH to be most concentrated.
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The localized CO2 signature, usually identified by carbon monoxide (CO), most likely represents sputtering from a localized carbon-containing mineral. It must also be considered that CO ions will have a unique trajectory under the influence of electromagnetic forces associated with the cathode jets. Once again, this finding doesn’t necessarily represent the sublimation of carbon dioxide ice. In fact, “it seems that CO is produced only in part by the cometary nucleus and in greater proportions by some extended source in the coma,” which suggests perhaps recombination of carbon and oxygen ions at some distance from the nucleus should also be considered.
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Anyways... any ideas on the ridge of jets craig/steven? I'm very puzzled as to that feature, and how a sub-surface sublimation model can produce that? must be a pre existing subsurface structure... puzzling?!? enlighten me.