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Water Ice In Crater At Martian North Pole
European Space Agency ^
| July 28, 2005
| ESA
Posted on 07/29/2005 12:39:05 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion
The HRSC on ESA's Mars Express obtained this perspective view on 2 February 2005 during orbit 1343 with a ground resolution of approximately 15 metres per pixel. It shows an unnamed impact crater located on Vastitas Borealis, a broad plain that covers much of Mars's far northern latitudes, at approximately 70.5° North and 103° East.
The crater is 35 kilometres wide and has a maximum depth of approximately 2 kilometres beneath the crater rim. The circular patch of bright material located at the centre of the crater is residual water ice.
The colours are very close to natural, but the vertical relief is exaggerated three times. The view is looking east.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ice; mars; marsexploration; nasa; water
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Oh my. I think we may have a landing spot for manned landings.
To: Frank_Discussion
To: Frank_Discussion
Residual water ice? Look out Martians! Aliens are on the way!!!!!!!!
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:44:30 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(I support the war on terror)
To: Frank_Discussion
How long till we hear someone say that if we don't stop global warming, the earth will one day look like Mars?
Sorry to make it political...pretty cool picture.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:44:41 PM PDT
by
Tulane
To: in hoc signo vinces
Wow^exp10, in my book.
This solves the "Where do we get our water?" question with a scientific sledgehammer.
That there is at least MILLIONS of metric tons of the wet stuff. ONE crater of many, many, many.
I have goosebumps. This simple, unassuming picture means a great deal.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:49:11 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Cool. Where's the Starbucks? How much do they charge for that there ice water?
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:49:57 PM PDT
by
Kevin OMalley
(No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
To: rocksblues
The President's vision just got a little of Popeye's spinach.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:50:03 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Yeah, time to colonize! That's all we need to get started!
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:50:11 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Free Michael Graham!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Is there enough ice to make a martini? Or is that a Martiantini?
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:50:37 PM PDT
by
FreePaul
To: Frank_Discussion
Looks like a nest with a blue egg inside.
To: Kevin OMalley
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:50:58 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: thoughtomator
Yep. Water is Life. And Industry. And Chemistry. And Propulsion. And... just about everything.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:52:13 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: FreePaul
I dunno, but I could boil up a whole mess of hops and barley... ;)
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:53:01 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Looks like whip cream to me. They better make sure.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:53:12 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(hollow points were made to hold pig lard)
To: lilylangtree
It's like an egg for more reasons than that... good observation.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:53:30 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
I think it's about time the US, EU, and Japan put together a team with the goal of continuous landings on Mars in 10 years. I would have no problem spending a few hundred of my tax dollars for that, as opposed to studying the mating habits of the green-eyed three pronged horny mosquito.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:54:06 PM PDT
by
oldleft
To: fish hawk
Paint the Mars lander Cherry Red and plunk it right down in the middle!
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:54:14 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:55:31 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
To: oldleft
If the rest of the planet wants to pay their share and prove they can and will do so, great. If not, they can watch us.
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:55:34 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Tennessee_Bob
I think you're too close to the monitor... j/k
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posted on
07/29/2005 12:56:04 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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