Many spots of clouds on Mars, Mars at Ls 66 degrees (June 2006) |
Many spots of clouds on Mars, Mars at Ls 66 degrees (June 2006) |
Jun 8 2006, 02:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
Most martian visibles clouds only hovers at high altitude. These are found around Olympus, Tharsis mountains, Alba Patera, above the Margaritifer Terra, Meridian Planum and most of South polar region: Planum Australe.
http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=20843 Rodolfo |
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Jan 17 2008, 02:44 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
"Until now, Mars has generally been regarded as a desert world, where a visiting astronaut would be surprised to see clouds scudding across the orange sky"
THAT - is an outright lie. You can't argue it any other way. It's utterly utterly wrong, inexcusable and totally unacceptable. They've written the press piece to make it sound like they've discovered some sort of new phenomenon - and they've have not. They've investigated a known phenomenon and found out new things about it. Doug |
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Jan 17 2008, 03:12 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
"Until now, Mars has generally been regarded as a desert world, where a visiting astronaut would be surprised to see clouds scudding across the orange sky" Oh...I see...that little creative writing detail... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jan 17 2008, 03:47 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Oh...I see...that little creative writing detail... No, it ISN'T the creative part that is the problem. The fact that there are clouds visible in the Martian sky has been known for over a century, and they have actually been seen scuttling across the sky on a routine basis by Pathfinder and the MERs. The illustration is given to help the public connect with the "discovery." The problem is that there is no new discovery, and the idea that an astronaut would see clouds is in now way revelatory. The idea that OMEGA has changed how we imagine what we would see standing on the Martian surface is at best a horrible miscommunication (although it is difficult to see how), and otherwise is simply a lie. You can defend them all they want, but it is still a lie. -------------------- |
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Jan 17 2008, 05:22 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
You can defend them all they want, but it is still a lie. Man...I'm not defending anyone, I hope an institution like ESA can do that for itself...sounds to me that everyone can defend them all they want...do you think that this release has come out of some sort of secret room where those evil ESArians want to fool the world trying to convince us that THEY discovered clouds on Mars? At least I didn't get that idea...and I think who wrote the release was far from thinking that it might get this reaction... btw...I'm with MarsIsImportant here, that's the important issue here...height, thickness, particles' size and composition, if not I must agree with centsworthII and move this posts... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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