{"589850":{"#nid":"589850","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Electric Sand: How Titan\u0027s Dunes Got Their Weird Shapes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA billion kilometers away from Earth\u0026#39;s oldest and most majestic sand dunes, Saturn\u0026#39;s moon Titan is also sporting some impressive features at its equatorial deserts,\u0026nbsp;thanks to radar imaging from the Cassini orbiter. Yet Titan\u0026#39;s dunes aren\u0026#39;t just formed by winds; electrostatic forces are also at work, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/journal\/v10\/n4\/full\/ngeo2921.html\u0022\u003Enew research\u003C\/a\u003E from\u0026nbsp;School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/geophysics.eas.gatech.edu\/dufek\/\u0022\u003EJosef Dufek\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and graduate students\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Josh_Mendez\u0022\u003EJosh Mendez Harper\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/content\/mcdonald-george\u0022\u003EGeorge McDonald\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-04-06 01:14:15","changed_gmt":"2017-04-07 13:26:39","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"work family interactions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/electric-sand-how-titans-dunes-got-their-weird-shapes\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589558":{"id":"589558","type":"image","title":"Josef Dufek","body":null,"created":"1490899786","gmt_created":"2017-03-30 18:49:46","changed":"1490899786","gmt_changed":"2017-03-30 18:49:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224625","name":"Josef Dufek.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Josef%20Dufek.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Josef%20Dufek.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":36802,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Josef%20Dufek.gif?itok=LtE93a15"}}},"media_ids":["589558"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"32491","name":"Josef Dufek"},{"id":"173912","name":"Josh Mendez Harper"},{"id":"173913","name":"George McDonald"},{"id":"13302","name":"Titan"},{"id":"173981","name":"sand dunes"},{"id":"173982","name":"electrostatic sand"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}