Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface

Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface

ElkGroveDan View Member Profile	Jun 8 2007, 05:11 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197	New Scientist Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?i...line-news_rss20 A new analysis of pictures taken by the exploration rover Opportunity reveals what appear to be small ponds of liquid water on the surface of Mars. The report identifies specific spots that appear to have contained liquid water two years ago, when Opportunity was exploring a crater called Endurance. It is a highly controversial claim, as many scientists believe that liquid water cannot exist on the surface of Mars today because of the planet’s thin atmosphere. ... MORE -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.

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ElkGroveDan Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface Jun 8 2007, 05:11 PM

centsworth_II What about mini-tess data? I thought water, and I... Jun 8 2007, 05:18 PM

ElkGroveDan Of course, based on their theories, one could argu... Jun 8 2007, 05:30 PM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jun 8 2007, 07:11 AM... Jun 8 2007, 05:34 PM

helvick "Flatness" and "Blueness" don... Jun 8 2007, 05:42 PM

Gray I too have a strong cant towards the skeptical. ... Jun 8 2007, 06:01 PM

3488 ..Deleted. Jun 8 2007, 06:18 PM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (3488 @ Jun 8 2007, 08:18 AM) Remem... Jun 8 2007, 06:24 PM

MarsIsImportant QUOTE (3488 @ Jun 8 2007, 01:18 PM) I do ... Jun 8 2007, 06:30 PM

fredk Count me in as extremely sceptical too. These res... Jun 8 2007, 06:25 PM

babakm Here's the same image from slinted's site ... Jun 8 2007, 06:31 PM

Bill Harris Horsepucky. The fine, mobile blue dust (which I i... Jun 8 2007, 06:33 PM

AlexBlackwell I like this little gem at the end of the article: ... Jun 8 2007, 06:47 PM

lyford This appears to be the same area that my Pachinko ... Jun 8 2007, 06:54 PM

fredk Thanks, babakm, for IDing the location. Pools of ... Jun 8 2007, 07:10 PM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (fredk @ Jun 8 2007, 09:10 AM) Alex... Jun 8 2007, 07:40 PM

brellis I guess it was a mirage Jun 8 2007, 07:26 PM

lyford Please nobody mention string theory at this point.... Jun 8 2007, 08:14 PM

djellison "on a Martian crater floor" A complete ... Jun 8 2007, 08:20 PM

ngunn And another thing too. Why would water on Mars loo... Jun 8 2007, 08:32 PM

babakm QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 8 2007, 08:32 PM) And ... Jun 8 2007, 08:42 PM

helvick QUOTE (babakm @ Jun 8 2007, 09:42 PM) I t... Jun 9 2007, 08:51 AM

Ian R I honestly thought this was an April Fools joke wh... Jun 8 2007, 08:45 PM

ngunn How long does it take for Martian water to evapora... Jun 8 2007, 08:50 PM

bgarlick QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 8 2007, 01:50 PM) How ... Jun 8 2007, 09:19 PM

stevo When I suggested in another thread recently May 23... Jun 8 2007, 09:30 PM

OWW I can't believe this is on a New Scientist web... Jun 8 2007, 09:35 PM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (OWW @ Jun 8 2007, 11:35 AM) I can... Jun 8 2007, 09:44 PM

fredk QUOTE (OWW @ Jun 8 2007, 09:35 PM) I can... Jun 9 2007, 02:34 AM

ngunn Simple alternative to peer review for the 'gre... Jun 8 2007, 09:41 PM

alan Someone should show Levin and Lyddy the panorama f... Jun 8 2007, 10:39 PM

Anoolios Jeez, I'm all for hearing about theories that ... Jun 8 2007, 11:15 PM

nprev To their credit (amazingly), the popular media in ... Jun 9 2007, 02:45 AM

Jeff7 Blue???? That's a false color image! With ... Jun 9 2007, 04:34 AM

ups Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet... Jun 9 2007, 05:29 AM

djellison What they've done is put the " " a... Jun 9 2007, 10:21 AM

elakdawalla It must be hitting the mainstream media somewhere ... Jun 9 2007, 01:26 PM

Jeff7 QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 9 2007, 09:26 AM... Jun 11 2007, 02:07 AM

alan I haven't seen it in the MSM yet but it doing ... Jun 9 2007, 03:47 PM

djellison It's slap bang in the middle of the Burns Clif... Jun 9 2007, 03:59 PM

CosmicRocker I did a quick search today, to see how this sillin... Jun 9 2007, 07:29 PM

nprev QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jun 9 2007, 12:29 P... Jun 9 2007, 11:48 PM

fredk Tom, the benefit of the doubt would say that they ... Jun 9 2007, 11:41 PM

mike Yeah, New Scientist really dropped the ball on thi... Jun 10 2007, 12:09 AM

CosmicRocker Mike: They didn't have to intentionally make ... Jun 10 2007, 04:38 AM

Stu It's pretty easy to debunk this... just start ... Jun 10 2007, 07:22 AM

edstrick "...Mystery solved; one of the authors is the... Jun 10 2007, 09:06 AM

DEChengst QUOTE (edstrick @ Jun 10 2007, 11:06 AM) ... Jun 10 2007, 09:55 AM

nprev QUOTE (edstrick @ Jun 10 2007, 02:06 AM) ... Jun 11 2007, 02:41 AM

nprev Oy vey. Well, all we can do is hold Carl's ... Jun 11 2007, 02:32 AM

mchan I had to look up Gilbert Levin. On wikipedia, a r... Jun 11 2007, 08:13 AM

edstrick "Lichen Brides Of Mars!" I'm ge... Jun 11 2007, 08:43 AM

BrianL My goodness, I don't think I've seen this ... Jun 11 2007, 12:10 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (BrianL @ Jun 11 2007, 08:10 AM) Th... Jun 11 2007, 01:45 PM

Gray Not to beat a dead horse, but this image from sol ... Jun 11 2007, 03:58 PM

Oersted QUOTE (Gray @ Jun 11 2007, 05:58 PM) Not ... Jun 12 2007, 08:26 PM

mhoward Nice find, Gray. Yeah, I guess it's not like ... Jun 11 2007, 04:32 PM

stevesliva Now someone just needs to make the tread marks blu... Jun 11 2007, 04:53 PM

monitorlizard "notice the series of RAT holes" Those ... Jun 11 2007, 07:04 PM

RichardLeis Emily has a fantastic writeup about this on The Pl... Jun 11 2007, 07:49 PM

Stu The Bad Astronomer gives worthy credit to Emily fo... Jun 11 2007, 08:39 PM

djellison Courtesy of one member in particular - this thread... Jun 11 2007, 08:41 PM

MaxSt Very good, Emily. Also, on the bottom of this old... Jun 11 2007, 09:28 PM

CosmicRocker Well, Emily's summary was pretty much spot on,... Jun 12 2007, 05:15 AM

dvandorn QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jun 12 2007, 12:15 ... Jun 12 2007, 06:18 PM

AlexBlackwell New Scientist "clarifies" its story. Jun 12 2007, 09:37 PM

slinted I go on vacation for a week and return to find tha... Jun 12 2007, 09:37 PM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (slinted @ Jun 12 2007, 11:37 AM) L... Jun 12 2007, 09:40 PM

slinted QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 12 2007, 02:40... Jun 12 2007, 09:43 PM

AlexBlackwell You're right, slinted. I didn't read down... Jun 12 2007, 09:46 PM

Denmike http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...00P24... Jun 12 2007, 10:03 PM

AlexBlackwell Hey, maybe you should submit a "paper" t... Jun 12 2007, 10:04 PM

Reckless Hi Denmike I'll be brave and make some guesse... Jun 12 2007, 10:39 PM

stevesliva QUOTE "I want to retract the claim in the pap... Jun 12 2007, 10:57 PM

Denmike Here is a low res. x-eye stereo Jun 12 2007, 10:46 PM

Denmike Dont be sorry, Reckless. I think it is a dustbowl ... Jun 12 2007, 10:51 PM

AlexBlackwell Actually, the retraction was quite magnanimous, ev... Jun 12 2007, 11:03 PM

fredk What an astonishing few days! As certain as w... Jun 12 2007, 11:48 PM

Edward Schmitz The thing I can't figure out is how he was all... Jun 13 2007, 12:28 AM

alan Got this in my email this afternoon: QUOTE Hello, ... Jun 13 2007, 12:44 AM

mike That's nothing. Here's what Maggie said t... Jun 13 2007, 01:00 AM

AlexBlackwell Hey, at least she used "Dear" with you a... Jun 13 2007, 01:05 AM

nprev Good to see that there are lots of honestly red fa... Jun 13 2007, 01:10 AM

Rob Pinnegar I have to admit that I almost burst out laughing u... Jun 13 2007, 01:18 AM

belleraphon1 What a credit to this "amateur" communit... Jun 13 2007, 01:25 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Jun 12 2007, 09:25 ... Jun 13 2007, 03:04 AM

nprev It does indeed, BP, it does indeed... Generally... Jun 13 2007, 01:55 AM

edstrick "And if Levin and Lyddy had followed normal p... Jun 14 2007, 08:05 AM

Oersted I'm sure the New Scientist web site was swampe... Jun 16 2007, 10:14 AM

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