Posted on 12/05/2005 5:59:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge
This photo taken May 19, 2005, provided by NASA, shows a false color image captured by Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It shows the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This picture of the western sky was obtained using Pancam's 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer and 430-nanometer color filters. This filter combination allows false color images to be generated that are similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated. Nearly two years after NASA's twin rovers parachuted to Mars, a Jekyll-and-Hyde picture is emerging about the planet's past and whether it could have supported life. Both Spirit and Opportunity uncovered geologic evidence of a wet past, a sign that ancient Mars may have been hospitable to life. But new findings reveal the Red Planet was also once such a hostile place that the environment may have prevented life from developing. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell)
Oh, pardon me - I thought this was about Karl! ;*)
So that puts the catastrophic event sometime during the day after 3 1/2 billion years ago?
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover captured this image of an outcrop called 'Olympia' along the northwestern margin of the 'Erebus' crater on the planet Mars in this photograph released by NASA December 5, 2005. NASA's durable twin Mars rovers have successfully explored the surface of Mars for a full Martian year (687 Earth days). NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Handout
But the question remains, is San Francisco capable of supporting life?
Yeah the fact that the planet is barren is a pretty good tip off that Mars might not be too hospitable to life.
Rovers Find Evidence Mars Was Once Hostile
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Being acidic is no barrier to life. Lots of critters seem to do fine in the immediate vicinity of "black smokers" in the ocean depths where the pH is quite low.
More hostile than it is now? Isn't the average temperature something like 200 below zero?
Once hostile, but thanks to President Lyndon LaRouche's tough stand against Marsism, Mars is now an ally of sorts.
Have they found the remains of the martian SUV's that caused the global warming yet?
So, like Uranus, it has noxious fumes swirling around it?
Ping for an interesting article about Mars.
Let's see the DNC spin this one. It must have been Bush's fault. Karl Rove is hostile to all life forms. The neo cons have declared war on all non Christian Martians. The non-compliance of US to the Kyoto Accord has extended its ramifications to Mars...
All we need is the Scream Team, headed by Howard the Duck Dean on the Sunday morning news shows, a few thousand moron marchers in several cities with photographers, and the drug ridden editorial staff of the NYT and the WaPo putting together their latest campaign against the Right.
Most likely, yes, but not intelligent life.
But the question remains, is San Francisco capable of supporting life?
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Only life forms hostile to America, normal people, and the rule of law.
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