11/1: Mars is cold
 

http://cellar.org/pictures/odysseythermal.jpg

As we patiently await better images from the Mars Odyssey, here is one of the first: a thermal infrared image that tells you how cold it is on the surface. And it's cold. You may think you're cold where you are but on Mars it's bloody freezing.

Re: 11/1: Mars is cold
 

Actually, looks reasonably warm on the day side. Just off the ice cap, it's already near 0 C (32 F). Granted, it is summer on the hemisphere we're looking at, but still, that's pretty warm.

Martian nights are a bitch, though!

That cold *spot* is intersting....clearly casued by aliens building a missle silo to keep taking out our little bits of junk we dump on thier planet.

It even has a name. It's called "The South Pole". :-)

I wonder if they have an ozone layer?

Mars is Cold
 

In other news... Water is Wet

Re: Mars is Cold
 

lol

I needed that Dolly. Thanks.

~Mike

Re: Mars is Cold
 

LIAR! I will never believe that! Next thing you'll tell me is that the world is round!

Re: 11/1: Mars is cold
 

So why do we spend so much money for NASA tp tell us this. Elton John already stated such in "Rocket Man".

didn't notice the spot was directly over the icecap =P