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'Mars' interior is not behaving,' active mantle plume reveals
.livescience.com/ ^ | Joanna Thompson

Posted on 12/17/2022 12:33:01 PM PST by BenLurkin

For decades, astronomers assumed that Mars was geodynamically dead — a planet without rumbling earthquakes and erupting volcanoes. Though remnants of towering volcanoes exist on the surface of the Red Planet today, these colossal structures have been dormant for millions of years. With little to no heat firing the planet's engine, scientists reasoned, Mars became dormant long ago.

However, over the last five years, this assumption has been proven wrong. NASA's InSight mission has detected quakes and even evidence of recent volcanism around one Martian region, known as Elysium Planitia. And now, they think they know why this activity is occuring.

The finding suggests that Mars may be cooling significantly more slowly than scientists had anticipated. If this is the case, it could have profound implications not just for the planet's geology but also in the search for water — or perhaps even alien life.

Researchers have known for some time that volcanoes used to exist on Mars; the largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, was discovered on the Martian surface in 1971. Olympus Mons has been inactive for around 25 million years. Based on what we know of Martian geology, it makes sense for the enormous volcano to be quiet.

Smaller celestial bodies tend to cool faster than their larger counterparts. Planets with a thinner mantle — the geological layer that drives most volcanic activity — also cool off at an even quicker rate. "So, at least in this case, size matters," Byrne said. Mars is about 53% the size of our planet, and its mantle is only 15% as thick. Because of this, scientists have long speculated that Mars should be relatively dead from a volcanic and geological perspective.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; earthquake; earthquakes; elysiumplanitia; hemisphereofcraters; insight; joannathompson; mars; nasa; olympusmons; oppositehemisphere; quake; quakes; science; volcano; volcanoes
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1 posted on 12/17/2022 12:33:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
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A Little Help Needed
2 posted on 12/17/2022 12:33:40 PM PST by deport
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To: BenLurkin

(not behaving)

What if Biden sends them 60 billion dollars?

Would that help?


3 posted on 12/17/2022 12:38:29 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

The martians are waking up.


4 posted on 12/17/2022 12:42:54 PM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: BenLurkin
If this is the case, it could have profound implications not just for the planet's geology but also in the search for water — or perhaps even alien life.


5 posted on 12/17/2022 12:46:08 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: deport

Once again we see the limit of human knowledge.


6 posted on 12/17/2022 12:54:20 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10179008/


7 posted on 12/17/2022 12:58:55 PM PST by BipolarBob (The party never stops until someone calls the cops.)
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To: BenLurkin

NASA will be staring through microscopes looking for amoebas—while bigfoot stomps on them!


8 posted on 12/17/2022 1:01:42 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: BenLurkin

‘these colossal structures have been dormant for millions of years. ‘ Just exactly how do they know this?


9 posted on 12/17/2022 1:19:37 PM PST by Fungi
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To: BenLurkin

Hmmm….?
So ”the science” is wrong?
That is so comforting. I mean, if the “scientists” had been wrong…well, … would that be news?


10 posted on 12/17/2022 1:28:31 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: BenLurkin

Per the actual journal article, “there is a resurgence of volcanic activity and they don’t know why...”

This is also the cause of the earth changes. It has to do with a change in our solar system based upon the change in polarity and band location of our solar system in the milky way galaxy.


11 posted on 12/17/2022 1:31:17 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: BenLurkin

...the largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, was discovered on the Martian surface in 1971. Olympus Mons has been inactive for around 25 million years.

Interesting to consider the scale of geological time. 25 million years ago seems like a long time. But the dinosaurs have been extinct for some 65 million years. So Mar’s Olympus Mons might have been active after the dinosaurs went extinct and it has been extinct 25 million years.


12 posted on 12/17/2022 1:39:11 PM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: BenLurkin

thanks.

for later:

https://freerepublic.com/tag/hemisphereofcraters/index


13 posted on 12/17/2022 1:51:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

I had a vision in the early 1990’s that showed me this increase in earthquakes and volcanic activity on earth.

At the time I read up on the subject and had several communications with a leading astrophysicist specializing in planetary gravitational fields.

He explained to me that the density and mass of the earth’s core stabilized earth much more than mot planets.

I asked him to explain to me the cause of the movement pattern of the magnetic noth pole representing the top of the axis of the earth’s spinning core.

In my vision, the earth’s dipolar field decreased, causing the increase in volcanic activity similar to the pattern during the 11 year solar cycle when the sun’s di-polar field weakens allowing for coronal mass ejections during the polarity reversal.

While this has happened on earth many times in the past, it hasn’t happened in over 70,000 years and we are way overdue.

The showed me in the vision how a perfect storm would be caused by an alignment of the earth’s magnetic core axis and the geographic acis, thereby decreasing the dynamo influence on the earth’s di-polar field and magnetosphere.

This makes the earth vulnerable during a solar reversal that is in reverse polarity to earth. No strong magnetosphere to protect us from a strong CME.

The vision went on to explain the effect of the earth changes upon the human soul. The soul is also di-polar in its masculine and feminine polarity. Thus the decreased polarity on the earth causes gender identity difficulties as souls grow without the strong influence of the earth’s field.

They also showed me souls that were not from here that Jesus referred to as weeds. Their souls are incomplete and cannot grow like the human soul. They are evil and create the chaos on earth to block the spiritual development that will cause them to perish.

Thus evil is making a last stand that will fail, but will be rough.

The visions were detailed and extensive. They also showed me the world political and economic collapse. I thought it would happen in the mid 1990’s due to the time distortion between layers of consciousness. It’s happening now.

It all fits together and is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to be.


14 posted on 12/17/2022 1:55:47 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

These visions began after a near death experience where I died, crossed over, and then returned to my physical body.


15 posted on 12/17/2022 2:07:47 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: BenLurkin
How could there be any volcanic activity on Mars?
It's not as if Mars has the largest known volcano in the
solar system on it - or anything like that.

Geez - what maroons...

/sarc

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Olympus Mons -


16 posted on 12/17/2022 2:37:09 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: GaltAdonis
The Olympus Mons volcano is kind of large.
Here is it's size superimposed over France -


17 posted on 12/17/2022 2:46:59 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: BenLurkin

My theory is that you drill a really deep hole on mars and drop a big nuke down it. Set it off and Mars warms up and becomes a tropical paradise.


18 posted on 12/17/2022 2:57:17 PM PST by Revel
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"The volcano (Olymus Mons) has a height of over 21.9 km (13.6 miles
or 72,000 ft) as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). [5]
Olympus Mons is about two and a half times Mount Everest 's height
above sea level."
19 posted on 12/17/2022 3:02:51 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: Revel

We would need to get Ice Pirates that would travel to the asteroid belt bring back yuge Ice Asteroids and drop them to the surface of Mars in order to provide water and atmosphere.


20 posted on 12/17/2022 3:13:00 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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