8/3/2005: Mars crater water - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2005, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Damn.... I guess I'll blame it on the 70's....
some IDOT no, (I didn't forget the i), emailed that to me just 2 weeks ago. That's my fuck up for this month.

Always check those emails on Snopes.

Kagen4o4 · 08-03-2005, 08:36 PM

theyve known about frozen water on mars for almost as long as theyve known about mars itself. (well had a good enough telescope to look at it)

south pole

telescope picture

BigV · 08-03-2005, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kagen4o4

theyve known about frozen water on mars for almost as long as theyve known about mars itself. (well had a good enough telescope to look at it)...

I confess I already knew this (sowwy). But the title was catchy and the picture was much more dramatic. This is, after all, the IotD thread, and image counts.

Slight · 08-04-2005, 01:32 AM

I have some red / cyan glasses from spy kids 3D laying around so I was blown away looking at this anaglyph of the crater . But even crazier was this one at hi-res.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2005, 04:25 AM

Strange, I tried the 3-D glasses and it looked like a hill instead of a depression. When I turned them around (cheap paper kind, rebend) and put the red lens on the left instead of the right, it looked great. No idea why??

Perry Winkle · 08-04-2005, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Strange, I tried the 3-D glasses and it looked like a hill instead of a depression. When I turned them around (cheap paper kind, rebend) and put the red lens on the left instead of the right, it looked great. No idea why??

God is just screwing with you. Nothing to worry about.

Happy Monkey · 08-04-2005, 06:24 AM

Alas, the Anaglyph 3D Glasses Standards Committee has much work to do. In fact, I believe even the two images Slight posted use opposite standards.

magilla · 08-04-2005, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Damn.... I guess I'll blame it on the 70's....
some IDOT no, (I didn't forget the i), emailed that to me just 2 weeks ago. That's my fuck up for this month.

No, you got it right. Yes, back in March it was the closest in 60K years. But THIS month Mars is again close, just not quite as close as it was before.

Chris

footfootfoot · 08-04-2005, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen of the Ryche

And stirred gently, only with a Hopkin Leg.

It's getting tougher and tougher to find a good hopkin leg these days, especially since I misplaced mine...

Elspode · 08-04-2005, 03:45 PM

We've known for years that there was water ice on Mars, comingled to some extent with CO2 ice. What is unique about the crater is that it is all water ice, discrete and separate from frozen carbon dioxide. This crater is located one of the polar regions, however, making it kin to the ice caps we can easily see with a modest telescope.

Let me know when they find liqid water standing at the Martian equator. *That* will be exciting.

BigV · 08-04-2005, 04:33 PM

with ambient air pressure approximately 1% of what we enjoy here on our big blue marble, that water would sublimate (not melt->evaporate, since it's soooo cold. brrr.) But you're right on. That *would* be exciting. Very very.

capnhowdy · 08-04-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

with ambient air pressure approximately 1% of what we enjoy here on our big blue marble, that water would sublimate (not melt->evaporate, since it's soooo cold. brrr.) But you're right on. That *would* be exciting. Very very.

If the water did [sublimate] , it would probably become part of the planet's "atmosphere" and never make it back to the ground. Obvously the planet hasn't had any major changes in climate in eons.
I thought I saw my uncle Cleve strolling around in the last image....

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2005, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Obvously the planet hasn't had any major changes in climate in eons.

Well we can fix that little problem pretty quickly. Hell, we can make it a ghetto in a couple of years, once we get there.

Elspode · 08-07-2005, 11:51 PM

Get our asses up there and pump several trillion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, we'll have 'er put to rights in no time.

Kagen4o4 · 08-08-2005, 01:46 AM

got any atmospheric rust converter?

08-04-2005, 04:25 AM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Strange, I tried the 3-D glasses and it looked like a hill instead of a depression. When I turned them around (cheap paper kind, rebend) and put the red lens on the left instead of the right, it looked great. No idea why?? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2005, 06:24 AM	#22
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Alas, the Anaglyph 3D Glasses Standards Committee has much work to do. In fact, I believe even the two images Slight posted use opposite standards. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-04-2005, 03:45 PM	#25
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	We've known for years that there was water ice on Mars, comingled to some extent with CO2 ice. What is unique about the crater is that it is all water ice, discrete and separate from frozen carbon dioxide. This crater is located one of the polar regions, however, making it kin to the ice caps we can easily see with a modest telescope. Let me know when they find liqid water standing at the Martian equator. That will be exciting. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-04-2005, 04:33 PM	#26
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	with ambient air pressure approximately 1% of what we enjoy here on our big blue marble, that water would sublimate (not melt->evaporate, since it's soooo cold. brrr.) But you're right on. That would be exciting. Very very. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-07-2005, 11:51 PM	#29
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Get our asses up there and pump several trillion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, we'll have 'er put to rights in no time. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-03-2005, 08:36 PM	#17
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	theyve known about frozen water on mars for almost as long as theyve known about mars itself. (well had a good enough telescope to look at it) south pole telescope picture

08-04-2005, 01:32 AM	#19
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	I have some red / cyan glasses from spy kids 3D laying around so I was blown away looking at this anaglyph of the crater . But even crazier was this one at hi-res.

08-08-2005, 01:46 AM	#30
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	got any atmospheric rust converter?

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