Blood Feast Island Man Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface 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. If confirmed, the existence of such ponds would significantly boost the odds that living organisms could survive on or near the surface of Mars, says physicist Ron Levin, the report's lead author, who works in advanced image processing at the aerospace company Lockheed Martin in Arizona. Along with fellow Lockheed engineer Daniel Lyddy, Levin used images from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's website. The resulting stereoscopic reconstructions, made from paired images from the Opportunity rover's twin cameras, show bluish features that look perfectly flat. The surfaces are so smooth that the computer could not find any surface details within those areas to match up between the two images. The imaging shows that the areas occupy the lowest parts of the terrain. They also appear transparent: some features, which Levin says may be submerged rocks or pebbles, can be seen below the plane of the smooth surface. Smooth surface The smoothness and transparency of the features could suggest either water or very clear ice, Levin says. "The surface is incredibly smooth, and the edges are in a plane and all at the same altitude," he says. "If they were ice or some other material, they'd show wear and tear over the surface, there would be rubble or sand or something." His report was presented at a conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and will be published later this year in the institute's proceedings. No signs of liquid water have been observed directly from cameras on the surface before. Reports last year pointed to the existence of gullies on crater walls where water appears to have flowed in the last few years, as shown in images taken from orbit, but those are short-lived flows, which are thought to have frozen over almost immediately. Speedy evaporation? Levin and other reasearchers, including JPL's Michael Hecht, have published calculations showing the possibility of "micro-environments" where water could linger, but the idea remains controversial. “The temperatures get plenty warm enough, but the Mars atmosphere is essentially a vacuum," says Phil Christensen of Arizona State University, developer of the Mars rovers' mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometers. That means any water or ice exposed on the surface evaporates or sublimes away almost instantly, he says. But, he adds, "it is theoretically possible to get liquid water within soil, or under other very special conditions". The question is just how special those conditions need to be, and whether they ever really are found on Mars today. If there were absolutely no wind, says Christensen, you might build up a stagnant layer of vapour above a liquid surface, preventing it from evaporating too fast. “The problem is, there are winds on Mars… In the real world, I think it's virtually impossible," he told New Scientist. Simple test Levin disagrees. He says his analysis shows that there can be wind-free environments at certain times of day in certain protected locations. He thinks that could apply to these small depressions inside the sheltered bowl of Endurance crater, at midday in the Martian summer. He adds that highly briny water, as is probably found on Mars, could be stable even at much lower temperatures. Although the rover is now miles away from this site, Levin proposes a simple test that would prove the presence of liquid if similar features are found: use the rover's drill on the surface of the flat area. If it is ice, or any solid material, the drill will leave unmistakable markings, but if it is liquid there should be no trace of the drill's activity. Levin’s father Gilbert was principal investigator of an experiment on the Viking Mars lander, which found evidence for life on the planet, although negative results from a separate test for organic materials led most scientists to doubt the evidence for biology. Journal reference: R. L. Levin and Daniel Lyddy, Investigation of possible liquid water ponds on the Martian surface (2007 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference Proceedings, paper #1376, to be published in IEEE Xplore) http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12026-mars-rover-finds-puddles-on-the-planets-surface.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 DOPE! You know what this menas right. Water allows life to exisist... in life there is love.. with love comes MAD FUCKING BJs.. and mouthies make me cum I want to be the first white guy to get his dick sucked on MARS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 DOPE! You know what this menas right. Water allows life to exisist... in life there is love.. with love comes MAD FUCKING BJs.. and mouthies make me cum I want to be the first white guy to get his dick sucked on MARS. Pure awesomeness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnUpsetStomach Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I swear i heard that they found water on Mars about 3 years ago, I didnt read it anywhere it was just mentioned in conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I swear i heard that they found water on Mars about 3 years ago, I didnt read it anywhere it was just mentioned in conversation. before they had only found evidence of water (i.e., gorges carved by water, trickle marks, dried riverbed), but not the puddles themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanresistance Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 can martians give head anyways? maybe they suck your dick through their armpit. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 DOPE! You know what this menas right. Water allows life to exisist... in life there is love.. with love comes MAD FUCKING BJs.. and mouthies make me cum I want to be the first white guy to get his dick sucked on MARS. i get sloppy seconds on the alien broad. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SADDAM HUSSEIN Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 You guys are zaney. Those look like drag marks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Feast Island Man Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 touché. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SADDAM HUSSEIN Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 if i were nasa... i would send some seeds to that spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 i get sloppy seconds on the alien broad. :D ALIEN??? No you fucking sickos. I'm talking about bringing a white lady up there to suck my dick. I just want a regular BJ from a regular lady. If nasa even allows ladies to touch thier whips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Jefe Uno Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 [quote=deterrent;5472139 Water allows life to exisist... in life there is love.. with love comes MAD FUCKING BJs Hahahaha incredible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 aquafina's competition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 ALIEN??? No you fucking sickos. I'm talking about bringing a white lady up there to suck my dick. I just want a regular BJ from a regular lady. If nasa even allows ladies to touch thier whips. so you're telling me that if martians were really a race of hot blonde bimbos with the best bodies in the galaxy, you wouldn't tap that ass?! if she looks like this, of course i wouldn't hit it... but now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 id have some alien/human babies with her in a second! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 but now... Holy shit, I was going to go to bed with out jerking off, but fuck that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 too much info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 ahhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 wtf?.....gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVERWURST* Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Girls with guns... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAZE+ Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 yes earth beings, i come from mars w/ water features, my highy uber race is better then black,white,latino and so fourth. my goals are to build a protoss space ship on your base, and mass attack with goons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Placement Only Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 so i saw this documentary about how their is ice underneath the ground, muhc like how earth has/hd ice underneath the soil, and that if scientists create global warming in mars, this would cause the ice to melt, inturn bringing it to the surface and creating "life". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 only God can "create life" ...but youre right....heres a chunk of mars..... i wonder how they would create global warming there??....send over some SUV's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Feast Island Man Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 yeah but there's water, in small amounts, appearing on the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaranta-Due Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 so i saw this documentary about how their is ice underneath the ground, muhc like how earth has/hd ice underneath the soil, and that if scientists create global warming in mars, this would cause the ice to melt, inturn bringing it to the surface and creating "life". Yeah, I saw Total Recall too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Total Recall was awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 only God can "create life" ...but youre right....heres a chunk of mars..... i wonder how they would create global warming there??....send over some SUV's? send me and my explorer over there to do some damage! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Feast Island Man Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 kohagen you gat what you want, give dees peepul ayah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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