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Title: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: glynor on December 06, 2006, 02:07:43 pm

While it remains unlikely that an ancient Martian civilization left a bunch of reactors for Arnold to use to terraform the planet's surface, NASA has just found strong evidence of one of the key elements of life: liquid water on the surface of Mars in the past decade.  New photos taken by the Mars Global Surveyor satellite show "bright new deposits" in a two gullies.  The same gullies photographed in August 1999 shows no such deposits.

(http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/163914main_PIA09028_a-516.jpg)

Details (including high resolution images) here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09027.html
and here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09028.html

These images give the strongest evidence yet that liquid subsurface water is indeed present on Mars currently, and that it is emerging (geyser style) and briefly flowing down slopes.

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: KingSparta on December 06, 2006, 02:13:39 pm

I think it is a slice of pineapple, Left out for a day and photographed here on earth.

If you look close you can see the "dole" label off to the one edge

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: lalittle on December 06, 2006, 04:44:06 pm

Quote from: KingSparta on December 06, 2006, 02:13:39 pm

I think it is a slice of pineapple, Left out for a day and photographed here on earth.

If you look close you can see the "dole" label off to the one edge

My God... are you saying we're importing fruit from Mars?

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: Robert Taylor on December 06, 2006, 05:00:02 pm

I confess...

Last time I was there (I think it was August 2003 if I remember correctly), I spilt about 20 litres of spring water. It wasn't really my fault, I had a buddy with me who was a clumsy oaf (Tip for beginners: never take friends who are clumsy oafs into space). He tripped over a plastic tube which connected the spring water bottle to our mobile spa. Due to the slope of the crater and the low gravity, it spread across the surface with great rapidity. It looks like a lot more than it really is.

We were pretty embarrased about the whole thing, and bailed out of there pretty quickly to avoid blame.

It feels good to finally get it off my chest; it's been gnawing away at me all these years...

I s'pose someone will sue me for something or other once they find out...

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: JimH on December 06, 2006, 05:41:52 pm

Douglas!  Is that you?

Very very funny, lunch.

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: KingSparta on December 06, 2006, 06:07:27 pm

It Is An Interesting Article..

Robinson Crusoe on Mars Was (1964) One Of My Favorite movies. They Also Had Water Under Ground On Mars In The Movie That The Monkey Found That Saved His And The Monkeys Life.

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: Robert Taylor on December 06, 2006, 06:53:55 pm

Sorry Jim..Douglas is out to LUNCH at The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.

Waiter says "Sir, I believe the Babel Fish is very good today".

Douglas says "Fine, I'll have 42 of them"

Marvin says "Do the fish come with bicycles?"

 ;D

Title: Re: Way OT - NASA Finds Water On Surface of Mars
Post by: joshhuggins on December 06, 2006, 08:28:04 pm

Quote from: KingSparta on December 06, 2006, 02:13:39 pm

I think it is a slice of pineapple

LOL! Good eye Bryan!