ED constantly surprises me

[Cmdr Cheese Wedge]

This might be old news for the explorers here but I was genuinely surprised by this otherwise bland water world.
Approaching from the dark side and flying in close around the equator I discovered these intriguing "Islands" They appeared to glow from a distance and have a greenish tinge to them, possible floating living Islands perhaps?
The planet had no signs of ice or polar caps.

 

[Kancro Vantas]

Nice finding CMDR!

Yes, not news but not very common either! Very nice to find a water world with your own private Hawaii!

Granted, the waves might be a little too rough but, hey, that's owning an island like a boss!

repped!

 

[Thrawn29]

Based on your scanner... i'm wondering if there weren't a second star in this system that slightly illuminate the darkside of this planet.
(Screenshot #2, in the low left hand of the scanner, isn't it a star ?)

Just wondering, but it's an amazing discovery.

 

[Cmdr Cheese Wedge]

Based on your scanner... i'm wondering if there weren't a second star in this system that slightly illuminate the darkside of this planet.
(Screenshot #2, in the low left hand of the scanner, isn't it a star ?)

Just wondering, but it's an amazing discovery.

Yes, this was a binary system. Star A G type, Star B M type Red Dwarf.
This water world was actually orbiting the Red Dwarf!
Some very nice views from Hawaii Island.

 

[newman1702]

Yea, that reminds me of the very first WW I ever discovered. I flew over it quite a lot and spotted a nice tiny group of islands. This will become my holiday resort some day.

 

[thehairymob]

Like Hawaii vulcanoes

 

[Krepose Gavayne]

Yeah, if you have time it can sometimes be worth the trip flying around the planets looking for islands. I wish I'd got a closer picture of this planet as there are two clusters plus a smaller solitary island off to the bottom right.

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I've already earmarked Placet 3 for my retirement. The views with the ring system and the Milky Way should be amazing:

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