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Mysterious cloud over Mars puzzles onlookers, invites conspiracy theories
FoxNews.com/Science ^
| Oct 26, 2018
| Chris Ciaccia | Fox News
Posted on 10/26/2018 1:41:46 PM PDT by ETL
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To: NorthMountain
"...whose only expertise seems to be political corruption."
How true!
I'm not familiar with your author. I did enjoy Robinson's Red Green Blue Mars trilogy years ago.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:07:25 PM PDT
by
citizen
(President Trump: HeÂ’s combined The Art of the Deal with AlinskyÂ’s Rules For Radicals. Game over.)
To: ETL
Turd-owe has signed a deal with the Martians. Chief among the issues is legalizing pot on Mars. These photos obviously show that his negotiating was successful. </sarc>
To: wally_bert
Neosapiens....
Marsapiens maybe
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:08:05 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: wally_bert
Neosapiens....
Marsapiens maybe
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:08:06 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: mountainlion
The super covert Exo-Squad has dealt with the menace.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:10:36 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: ETL
I can’t believe no one has said “Mars Fart” yet. You’re slipping people......
To: ETL
It's Martijuana smoke...
To: ETL
Darn, I was planning to visit and I was hoping it would be sunny!
To: All
Re: Here (in this other article linked above) they say the volcano was/is long extinct...
Mars Volcano Died at Same Time As Dinosaurs
If I had more carefully read the main article that I posted, I would have realized the cloud had nothing to do with volcanic activity. Doing a million things at one time while preparing to leave house.
In any case, heres a good explanation of whats going on from yet another article...
The 930 mile trail of vapor billowing over Arsia Mons was captured on photographs taken by the Mars Express orbiter on September 13.
Even though the vapor looks as if it were coming from the top of volcano, researchers at the European Space Agency believe this is simply an optical illusion, because Mars hasnt seen a single eruption for millions of years.
What is it then?
Meteorologists call this phenomenon an orographic cloud, typically seen on the downwind side of mountains when dense air close to the surface flows uphill and expands as it cools, allowing moisture to condense on particles of dust.
Every few Earth years, clouds of water ice bloom as moisture-filled air moves up the volcanos side. Similar images were taken by Mars Express in 2009, 2012, and 2015, seeing this again in 2018 is no surprise.
https://sputniknews.com/science/201810261069238291-mars-cloud-volcano/
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:16:47 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: mountainlion; wally_bert
Marsapiens maybe
Marsupials?
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:17:43 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: BlueLancer
I was referencing the 90s Exo-Squad show.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:22:15 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: BlueLancer; mountainlion; wally_bert
Marsupials?
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:32:28 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
I love this article.... “Mysterious clouds” ... NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!!
It is like saying you saw a clown drive by on a unicycle while juggling and the person says to you, “just another boring normal day”
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:34:59 PM PDT
by
GraceG
("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
To: ETL
Marsupials?
Could be that they are infested with rats like New York, DC, Sanfransisco and Paris
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:49:34 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: ETL
I’d put a cloud over my house if someone had their telescope pointed at me.
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posted on
10/26/2018 3:55:36 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: ETL
Doesn’t that mean they’ve elected a new pope?
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posted on
10/26/2018 4:39:42 PM PDT
by
bluejean
(I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
To: ETL
Martian contributing to the Global Warming of Mars... 😁
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posted on
10/26/2018 4:47:53 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: ETL
Martian contributing to the Global Warming of Mars... 😁
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posted on
10/26/2018 4:47:56 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: ETL
Many gaseous molecules, not just H20, if warmer than an antmosphere will cool and condense into “clouds” as they are released into the atmosphere. I think at this point H2O is but a presumption, yet to be proven.
Could even be methane.
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posted on
10/26/2018 5:06:41 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: Snickering Hound
He’ll never make orbit in that huddle room!
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