Update on Mars' atmosphere, Media briefing on NASA Jan 15th |
Update on Mars' atmosphere, Media briefing on NASA Jan 15th |
Jan 12 2009, 06:01 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jan 15 2009, 07:17 PM
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And the evidence is not clear either way....space.com article here.
The part I found even more fascinating that methane being created, is that methane is being destroyed faster than expected. The soil chemistry of Mars seems to extend into the atmosphere.... (peroxide laden dust grains possibly doing the oxidizing) -Mike [EDIT: The article did state that volcanism as the source is not likely, since other gases associated with such event were not observed. But down-deep serpentization is still a possible source.] -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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