Yan Tianhao and the others set up the camp in the lee of a small hillside, which is very close to the iceberg belt and the plains.

In this way, maneuvering on both sides can also save some time.

There are two types of space capsules in scientific research camps, one is a temporary living capsule, and the other is a necessary experimental capsule and equipment storage capsule.

The total number of the two types of space capsules is 10. The engineering ship cannot transport so many in one lift and requires multiple round-trip transportation...

Taking advantage of the time when the engineering ship was traveling back and forth, Yuan Chengjie and two guards accompanied Yan Tianhao to a high point on the hillside.

The ice-like slope certainly poses no challenge to the multi-purpose combat boots equipped by individual soldiers.

Yan Tianhao and the others climbed the mountain as if they were walking on flat ground.

Several people stood on the top of the slope and looked up for a long time.

The endless white plain ahead reveals an indescribable desolation and vastness.

Everyone stood speechless for a long time, maybe they were shocked.

"Captain Yuan, do you believe it? Back to a day 5-6 years ago, I was still looking for Pluto in the astronomical telescope."

"It's very difficult to find this planet there, let alone seeing the icy surface clearly."

"But now, we are standing on the already named Sputnik Plateau..."

Yan Tianhao felt this. Sometimes he felt that all this was so unreal...

"Team Leader Yan's words touched my heart. That's why General Chu, who created all of this with his own hands, became a legend in our army."

"Does Team Leader Yan know? I heard from my comrades that this rifle is going to be updated again."

"The new rifle completely abandons the previous projectile-killing mode and uses laser energy instead."

"Although the range is reduced, the gun body is lighter and there is no need to replace the magazine. In theory, as long as the battery is..."

Before Captain Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly felt a force pulling him away from the surface.

He looked at Yan Tianhao and others beside him, and they obviously felt it too.

"Don't be afraid of local cyclones. Move your center of gravity downwards and walk down slowly. Don't run or jump!"

Yan Tianhao immediately warned, and then motioned to Captain Yuan and the others to walk down hand in hand.

After several people walked slowly to the bottom of the slope, Yan Tianhao turned around and looked at the place where they were standing just now.

The cyclone there was obviously bigger than before, like a small tornado.

The air current carries the granular "ice cubes" flying high into the sky. They are layered and surrounded until they are no longer visible to the naked eye.

Pluto's gravity is only 6% of Earth's gravity. This small cyclonic flow is enough to sweep Yan Tianhao and others up into the sky.

Captain Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that the seemingly ordinary Pluto also had such a dangerous link.

He looked around and saw that other guards and scientific research team members were still busy.

They seemed unaware of what had just happened.

"There are cyclones only on the mountain peaks, but not below the basin."

Yan Tianhao felt the confusion from Captain Yuan and immediately explained.

At this time, Cheng Dongchu and several team leaders rushed over.

"Team leader, the team members are debugging the space capsule. It should be ready for use soon. The remaining five sets of space capsules will arrive in about ten minutes."

"Okay, by the way, the scientific research team should pay attention to local cyclones during the inspection. We just encountered one, and the danger is not small..."

Yan Tianhao told Cheng Dongchu how they were in danger just now.

"What? Pluto actually has a local cyclone? Well, okay, I'll give the order in a minute..."

Cheng Dongchu was obviously surprised. According to their previous data, Pluto's surface is almost a pool of stagnant water...

"Don't be so surprised. Sometimes data doesn't explain everything."

"The Sputnik Plateau area is a three-kilometer-deep impact crater filled with solid nitrogen. Perhaps the activity of nitrogen in this impact crater led to the formation of weak winds on Pluto."

Yan Tianhao has been thinking about how the cyclone was formed just now.

After combining their current location and some composition data of the Sputnik Plateau, he made the above speculation.

However, specific conclusions still require some data verification.

Yan Tianhao plans to use the solid nitrogen in the heart-shaped area as an entry point to conduct computer simulations on the driving force of the breeze here.

"The activity of nitrogen? Leader Yan, are you referring to the heartbeat of Pluto?"

Cheng Dongchu understood it instantly and immediately thought of that famous term.

"Pluto's heartbeat" refers to the periodic phenomenon of solid nitrogen sublimating and condensing during Pluto's rotation cycle.

During the day, sunlight sublimates solid nitrogen; at night, gaseous nitrogen condenses back into a solid state and returns to the surface of Pluto.

"Pluto's heartbeat" is not particularly regular.

Because its orbital period is 248 years, and this orbit is not stable and tilted...

Yan Tianhao nodded and immediately called up the real-time orbit of Pluto.

"According to Pluto's current orbit, Pluto's northern hemisphere is in spring on Earth."

"It is polar day north of 38 degrees north latitude, and our current location is above 38 degrees north latitude."

"Solid nitrogen in the northern part of the Sputnik Plateau is continuing to sublimate, and the atmospheric pressure in this area will increase significantly, leading to the formation of winds from north to south."

Yan Tianhao pointed at the surrounding terrain as he spoke. Even Captain Yuan, who didn't understand anything at all, seemed to understand and kept nodding.

"This is somewhat similar to the principle of the Coriolis effect on Earth. The wind direction will deflect to the west, and then turn back to the south along the edge of the plateau, forming a set of cyclones coiled around the plateau."

"There is only one fundamental reason behind all this complicated weather: the 3,000-meter-thick nitrogen ice on the Sputnik Plateau..."

"I don't know if other teams have discovered the same cyclone situation. Team leader, how about we draft a report after the camp is completed and everyone can communicate with each other?"

Cheng Dongchu put forward his own opinion after carefully analyzing Yan Tianhao's words. Yan Tianhao thought for a while and then agreed to his suggestion.

"According to conventional computer model analysis, the wind on the Sputnik Plateau will not be limited to this place. The nitrogen after sublimation of solid nitrogen will rise from the surface and eventually be integrated into the airflow caused by Pluto's rotation."

"When nitrogen moves from north to south in Pluto's northern hemisphere, the wind speed slows down due to the increasing distance from the rotation axis."

"As a result, the nitrogen drifting southward rotates more slowly relative to the surface of Pluto - creating an east-to-west wind..."

"This unique model is quite unique, and Pluto is a bit interesting."
Chapter completed!