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'Cave entrances' spotted on Mars
BBC News ^
Posted on 03/17/2007 1:05:05 AM PDT by BlackJack
Scientists studying pictures from Nasa's Odyssey spacecraft have spotted what they think may be seven caves on the surface of Mars.
The candidate caves are on the flanks of the Arsia Mons volcano and are of sufficient depth their floors mostly cannot be seen through the opening.
Details were presented here at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas.
Temperature data from Mars Odyssey's Themis instrument support the idea.
The authors say that the possible discovery of caves on the Red Planet is significant.
The caves may be the only natural structures capable of protecting primitive life forms from micrometeoroids, UV radiation, solar flares and high energy particles that bombard the planet's surface.
The spacecraft spotted what seemed to be vertical "skylight" entrances to caves below the surface.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; cave; caveman; mars; martianskylights
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Wow...lots of news lately on Mars. Looking more and more like there could be some form of life on Mars!
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:05:07 AM PDT
by
BlackJack
To: BlackJack
SKI OLYMPUS MONS
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:06:20 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: BlackJack
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:10:25 AM PDT
by
Zeroisanumber
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: BlackJack
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:11:45 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(hater)
To: BlackJack
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:12:19 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
To: Pro-Bush
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:15:30 AM PDT
by
BlackJack
To: BlackJack
"The caves may be the only natural structures capable of protecting primitive life forms"
Then we better check them for Osama Bin Laden and his friends.
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:34:28 AM PDT
by
ME-262
(Nancy Pelosi is known to the state of CA to render Viagra ineffective causing reproductive harm.)
To: BlackJack
Evidence of subterranian Lave flows
reaching the surface?
Where, pray tell, do these scientists
think that these elemental life forms
came from, that they could blossom
in these "caves"?
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:34:56 AM PDT
by
NickatNite2003
(From the Man from Hope" to the wife who snarls "Abandon All Hope!")
To: BlackJack
The spacecraft spotted what seemed to be vertical "skylight" entrances to caves below the surface.
Where did the light come from? ..Hmm! Does this seem strange to anyone else?
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:36:44 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(hater)
To: NickatNite2003
To: BlackJack
"All your caves are belong to us!"
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posted on
03/17/2007 1:43:56 AM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("...Mindless pack of trained Maoist circus seals."-www.iowahwk.typepad.com)
To: BlackJack
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posted on
03/17/2007 2:17:20 AM PDT
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: BlackJack
Maybe that's where Sheila Jackson Lee's "Mar's Landing Team" went!
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posted on
03/17/2007 2:20:04 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: BlackJack
I knew he didn't look like he was from around these parts
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posted on
03/17/2007 2:25:24 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: NickatNite2003
Okay, first off I'll start with a quote that I've been using a lot here recently. "There are two possibilities, either we're alone in the universe, or we aren't. Each is equally frightening."
Now...there are two theories of life: creation and evolution. I know I'm starting a little basic but it seems like a good place to start, the beginning. Unfortunately the two theories are mutually exclusive. One theory is supported by science, the other by faith. If either one proves true, it will shatter the followers of the other.
The only way to end this debate either way is to find life on another rock. Preferably outside this solar system. Well...I guess we could prove the existence of God, but most will agree that would be impossible (until the apocalypse of course). I'm not sure what to think, but I do know that if we do find life outside of this planet, it will cause a massive upheaval in the world.
I was trying to write a paragraph here about my predictions either way, but I couldn't make it sound neutral.
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posted on
03/17/2007 3:07:39 AM PDT
by
AntiKev
("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
To: NickatNite2003
Umm, maybe the 'residents' can give AlBore some suggestions on global warming.............
To: BlackJack
Looks like I need to get a caving trip organized.
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posted on
03/17/2007 5:41:57 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: BlackJack
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posted on
03/17/2007 5:43:58 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: NickatNite2003
"Where, pray tell, do these scientists
think that these elemental life forms
came from"
My money would be on the same source that life on Earth came from.
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posted on
03/17/2007 5:47:36 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
To: BlackJack
I think it's John Carter of Mars living up there.
:-)
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posted on
03/17/2007 5:50:51 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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