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Sand dunes but no beach; a Martian breeze
oilpro ^ | 22 hours ago | Brian Ricketts

Posted on 03/13/2017 9:28:11 PM PDT by Rabin

Despite the obvious similarities between Martian and Terrestrial dunes, one in-depth analysis has led a couple of researchers (Gary Kocurek and Ryan Ewing, see below) to suggest that there are also important differences.

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TOPICS: Astronomy Picture of the Day; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: dunes; edinburgh; erosion; geology; mars; sand; wind
Mars when water was abundant, the Noachian Period 4.1 to 3.7 billion years ago, or perhaps less, much less.

G.

1 posted on 03/13/2017 9:28:12 PM PDT by Rabin
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To: All

Must explore K-pax.


2 posted on 03/13/2017 9:31:07 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I just got done celebrating Black History Month. Obama and Kaepernick are both history. Hurray!)
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To: BipolarBob

We must not disturb the Oyarsa on Malacandra!


3 posted on 03/13/2017 9:34:19 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Rabin; House Atreides; Vendome; JoeProBono

Perhaps something awaits that is of greater value than oil or water...

The Spice must flow.....


4 posted on 03/13/2017 9:42:32 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Rabin

My thoughts on Mars: 1.) Mars should make us all very very thankful for all those wonderful greenhouse gasses that give us our thick beautiful life sustaining atmosphere that liberals are always trying to get rid of. 2.) It would be awesome if we could redirect a giant watery comet into a Martian ice cap 3.) Martian soil is allegedly comprised of vast amounts of highly reactive superoxides (vast quantities of Oxygen IOW) and superoxides are known to release oxygen in the presence of H2O as in the case of potassium superoxide found on submarines and in certain oxygen tanks.


5 posted on 03/13/2017 9:45:55 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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My thought on Mars. Does it have Oil. ;-) If it does....


6 posted on 03/13/2017 9:48:03 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

With the spice of Arrakis I could navigate the universe.


7 posted on 03/13/2017 9:54:56 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I just got done celebrating Black History Month. Obama and Kaepernick are both history. Hurray!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Even if there were “fossil fuels” on Mars, by the time it was economically feasible to extract it and get it back to Earth, there would be no point because fossil fuels will be a thing of the past by then.


8 posted on 03/13/2017 9:59:54 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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1.) Mars should make us all very very thankful for all those wonderful greenhouse gasses that give us our thick beautiful life sustaining atmosphere that liberals are always trying to get rid of.

The atmosphere of Mars is 97% carbon dioxide - which is a so-called greenhouse gas. So even if it has only 1/100th the atmospheric pressure, there is still - in absolute terms - far more carbon dioxide there to trap heat than in Earth's atmosphere.

Regards,

9 posted on 03/13/2017 10:01:37 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: RC one

any usable metals?


10 posted on 03/13/2017 10:02:26 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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I believe the assumption is that the Martian elemental composition is pretty similar to Earth’s. What they need to find is are some nice big caves to set up shop in.


11 posted on 03/13/2017 10:32:32 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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12 posted on 03/13/2017 11:06:09 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: RC one

Ahem. Burn them to create CO2. Move a couple of water asteroids their way. Seed the planet with plant seeds.

Earth 2.0

PS. Always thought fossil fuels are not fossil fuels. I think they are asteroid juice. Star juice. Either you understand or you don’t, but coal is charcoaled forests. Gas and oil.... cometary remnants.


13 posted on 03/13/2017 11:08:01 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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I think hydrocarbons are a product of high temperature high pressure chemical processes occurring in the earths crust and mantle.


14 posted on 03/13/2017 11:13:11 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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I think you are right but cometary juice is what allows the chemical process. That and the carbon cycle.


15 posted on 03/13/2017 11:18:26 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: RC one

So does Thomas Gold. And me.


16 posted on 03/14/2017 6:32:28 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Unless we’re going to discuss the monkey face on the Plain of Cydonia, this thread lacks merit.


17 posted on 03/14/2017 7:02:13 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: Rabin

Without a viable magnetosphere, any hope of terraforming mars is futile.


18 posted on 10/19/2017 2:13:24 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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