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Topic started on 13-1-2010 @ 06:40 AM by 0010110011101

NASA photographs "trees" on Mars



Link to Telegraph Article

The images appear to show rows of dark "conifers" sprouting from dunes and hills on the planet surface. But the scene is actually an optical illusion.

The photographs actually show sand dunes coated with a thin layer of frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice, less than 240 miles from the planet's north pole.
(visit the link for the full news article)



Edit to fix link

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reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 07:06 AM by infinite
reply to post by 0010110011101


Arthur C Clarke suggested there were trees on Mars and vegetarian - based of the data captured by countless NASA probes and crafts.


reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 07:29 AM by Kurokage
reply to post by infinite


Those vegetarians get everywhere, if I want to eat martian meat, thats up to me!!!

From the larger images, it looks to me like mould or some kind of fungus rather than trees.

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reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 08:54 AM by 0010110011101
reply to post by Erasurehead


Thanks for embedding the photo. They do look a lot like trees dont they?

Do we see any similar natrual phenomenon on earth anywhere?


reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 09:45 AM by 0010110011101
reply to post by GoFigure52


I dont know, but they look like rocks to me?

They could be more trapped CO2 but in smaller quantities or it the others are trees, then maybe they are some other sort of plant material???


reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 09:50 AM by 0010110011101
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Could be, but that's quite a leap of faith considering the article calls the trees "trapped CO2".

Could they not be simple rock formations?



reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 10:19 AM by DaMod
Unfortunately if you look at the big image,



you will see that sadly they are not trees. Just look close, you can tell.


reply posted on 13-1-2010 @ 10:25 AM by Solofront
Originally posted by 0010110011101
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Could be, but that's quite a leap of faith considering the article calls the trees "trapped CO2".

Could they not be simple rock formations?


Thats a ridiculous statement!

...so your saying it takes more faith to believe they are trees than having faith that they are somehow "trapped co2" ???

wtf???
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