11/1: Mars is cold

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.

Originally posted by Undertoad
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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.

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.

Originally posted by jaguar
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?

In other news... Water is Wet

Originally posted by TheDollyLlama
In other news... Water is Wet

lol

I needed that Dolly. Thanks.

~Mike

Originally posted by TheDollyLlama
In other news... Water is Wet

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

Originally posted by Undertoad
... 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.

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