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Originally posted by ArMaP
Originally posted by jmlima
Weird looking thing, do you have a link for the full and original image?
The original can be found here.
Just click on the top part of the image on the bottom left of the page to see the original, or click here to jump to the image.
Originally posted by spines
However, I do love seeing the pictures you post and I like the way your mind looks over things.
I think I have an idea of what you see in your mind and I agree...
It is a beautiful place to hold a picnic.
"The South Pole, however, is a strange animal," Barnes said. "The cap is made up mostly of carbon dioxide ice - or dry ice - which is the main component of the Martian atmosphere. The southern icecap is much smaller, about a 10th the size of that at the northern pole, and it is all on one side of the pole. The other side of the pole contains a much larger area known as 'the Cryptic Region,' which is made up of seasonal ice in the winter but has low albedo, or reflectivity.
"We basically think the Cryptic Region is a sheet of incredibly clear ice," Barnes said. "The reason for the low reflectivity is that the ground beneath the ice shows up right through it."
Originally posted by laiguana
Well if any of you would have clicked on that link that I posted earlier you could have an explaination for what appears to be a lake, but isn't.
"The South Pole, however, is a strange animal," Barnes said. "The cap is made up mostly of carbon dioxide ice - or dry ice - which is the main component of the Martian atmosphere.
The uncovering of an apparent error in atmospheric models of Mars dating back more than three decades suggests that both of the permanently frozen polar caps are made mostly of water ice and contain very little frozen carbon dioxide.
Robert Roy Britt
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Originally posted by mikesingh
'Scientific explanations'! Scientists have always come up with 'explanations'. But these are more of conjectures.
Originally posted by ArMaP
Until we have a real analysis of that "lake" we can only speculate, and no one can show any real evidence of what that thing is, scientist or no scientist.
The first color image taken from the surface of Mars (Top), snapped by Viking Lander 1 in 1976, shows Earth-like colors and a blue sky. Several hours later, NASA released an updated version (Buttom) that astounded the world with its orange skies and red soil. This vision of a red Mars has influenced nearly every NASA image since and has become entrenched in pop culture through movies such as Total Recall and Red Planet. Some imaging specialists suggest the original colors were closer to the truth. This part of Mars looks surprisingly similar to a rocky stretch of prairie land in Oklahoma. Despite their enormous differences, both planets have oxidized surfaces that have been shaped by wind and (on some parts of Mars, at least) flowing water.
Originally posted by Mondogiwa
mikesingh,
May I ask a question? I have reviewed your posts and no doubt you are very interested in the moon and Mars discussions. Do you have an astronomy or astrophysics background/hobby? Just curious...seriously! I am not even close to hammering anybody on this site I hope, I am just curious as to why people have the interests that they do??
By the way, please feel free to ask the same of me if you like. I have just followed quite a few of your threads and find them of interest but prefer to look rather than post yet.
Peace and thanks,
Mondo
Originally posted by mikesingh
Mondo, seeing the content of your posts and style of writing, I’ve a lurking suspicion that you are an astronomer, or scientist, or even an exobiologist! Good to have such people aboard. Hope to see some good arguments, for and against, from you.
Originally posted by mikesingh
Also notice image tampering on the bottom shoreline of the ‘lake’, which is smudged.
'Scientific explanations'! Scientists have always come up with 'explanations'. But these are more of conjectures. Has this ice been lab tested and proved it is carbon dioxide ice? is it possible they are putting wool over our eyes?
I still say it's a lake of frozen water or it may not be even frozen during the Martian summer. To substantiate what I've said.....
Originally posted by InSaneTK
If im not wrong we have been lied to about mars, we can live on it and breath on it. It's air there, check this picture out.............................................
.....it's pretty damn clear that mars has a blue atmosphere on both pics, that should raise a lot of questions.