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MARS CHIPS SEEM TO GO POOF!
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| 5 Feb 2004
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Posted on 02/05/2004 4:56:50 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
Below are before and after micrographs of a patch of martian surface as seen by the rover Opportunity. Notice the effect that an applied pressure had on some of the particles.
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Pop rocks?
To: rockinonritalin
Very Very Interesting!
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posted on
02/05/2004 4:58:55 PM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(You...You sit down! You've had your say and now I'll have mine!!!!)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Algore probably hoed it, planted it, sowed it, watered it, shucked it, then stepped on it.
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posted on
02/05/2004 4:59:39 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(When you do a good deed, get a receipt in case heaven is like the IRS.)
To: Fitzcarraldo
It appears that in the main the chips don't get pressed into the soil and get buried, rather they simply explode as you can see by the change in surface brightness near the larger dissapearing particles.
Does this imply that there is gas under pressure in these grains that is released when they are disturbed?
To: rockinonritalin
I think you mean Poof Rock.
Which is also a San Fransisco heavy metal band.
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:00:22 PM PST
by
DarthFuzball
("Life is full of little surprises." - Pandora)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Ever had sand stick to the bottom of your foot?
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:00:24 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(.50 cal border fence)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Is it possible that they have simply been pushed below the surface by the weight of the rover?
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:00:41 PM PST
by
linear
To: Fitzcarraldo
Mars Bars used to do the same thing when in my hand.
Now they call them "Snickers Almond."
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:01:33 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army and Proud of It!!)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Maybe like ash, you know, the kind of ash you get if you burn a piece of paper?
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:01:36 PM PST
by
djf
To: Fitzcarraldo
It's martian dog crap, and it's stuck to the rover. Yuk!
To: RightWhale; Physicist
bump
To: b4its2late
shucked it That would be "suckered it".
I laugh every time I am remind of that speech. I can hear his voice.
Enjoy that Upstate NY winter.
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:12:04 PM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Cool! An entire planet made out of bubble wrap!
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:13:12 PM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(Making hasenfeffer out of bunnyrabbits since 1980)
To: Fitzcarraldo
It is the remains of a martian casino.
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:13:12 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Looks like they stuck to the disk that applied the pressure.
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posted on
02/05/2004 5:13:58 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: Lokibob
LOL!
To: farmfriend
They'd better have a way to look at that disk!
To: Fitzcarraldo
They should have smashed the big round one on the top just for the heck of it.
Well, I would have.
To: Johnny_Cipher
Maybe they are thinking these are eroded from the outcrops -Rover better be careful if they are composed of exploding chips!
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