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Mars weather . . . PARTLY CLOUDY . . .
NASA - JPL - photos ^ | 04-17-2004 | NASA/JPL - Phil V.

Posted on 04/17/2004 9:50:03 PM PDT by Phil V.


This picture was taken by the front haz-cam on sol-082 by the Mars rover, Opportunity. The "clouds" are captured in all four pictures posted as of this date (04/17/2004).

Has anybody else ever seen reference to "partly cloudy" Martian sky? (It's a slow night.) . . . trolling for Hoaglandizers . . .


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mars
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1 posted on 04/17/2004 9:50:05 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: zeugma; xm177e2; XBob; whizzer; wirestripper; vp_cal; VOR78; Virginia-American; Vinnie_Vidi_Vici; ..


If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRmail me.


2 posted on 04/17/2004 9:51:17 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
If you look closely at one of the Rover tracks, you can see a face.
3 posted on 04/17/2004 9:51:47 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: Phil V.
Just saw a program on the Science channel dealing with Martian weather. Dust storms were their main focus.
4 posted on 04/17/2004 9:51:59 PM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: Phil V.
Saw it with my own eyes in December. Those clouds are frozen gas in the atmosphere. There was an article posted at the time..I think here. You might try doing a search..it was about maximum Mars viewing and I think it was in December. I can't remember the name of the article or the date. It might have been Wintersky.com or Science.com. Not certain.
5 posted on 04/17/2004 9:54:18 PM PDT by ETERNAL WARMING (He is faithful!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Road kill?
6 posted on 04/17/2004 9:54:49 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: ETERNAL WARMING
Thanks.
Yes, I am aware of the fact that Mars has "clouds". I've just never seen any mention of them having been photographed FROM MARS!
7 posted on 04/17/2004 9:58:02 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
I'm no meteorologist, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict rain isn't in the forecast. :-)
8 posted on 04/17/2004 10:00:00 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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How 'bout snow?
9 posted on 04/17/2004 10:02:28 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: farmfriend
BTW . . . bottom of the picture . . . Is that where the grass catcher attachment goes?
10 posted on 04/17/2004 10:06:18 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
Here's a nice high-res pre dawn picture taken by Pathfinder.


11 posted on 04/17/2004 10:06:38 PM PDT by djf
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To: Phil V.
Sure looks like it. Maybe NASA used an adaptation of the robo grass cutter. You know better, cheaper, faster.
12 posted on 04/17/2004 10:10:00 PM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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Ahhhh! . . . beautiful . . . thanks.
13 posted on 04/17/2004 10:10:16 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
'Ya know, now that you mention it . . . We have a rain cycle here on Earth, else we wouldn't have clouds. Mars must have something similar . . . Do you think it snows carbon dioxide there? Just a little sprinkling here, a little sprinkling there is all it'd take.
14 posted on 04/17/2004 10:12:38 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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Do you think it snows carbon dioxide there?

There must be something such as you suggest that keeps the Mars polar regions replenished.

Isn't Mars entering its "winter" period?

15 posted on 04/17/2004 10:16:58 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
Isn't Mars entering its "winter" period?

Very possibly. But it'd be one pole at a time, as on Earth. I believe Mars' North Pole was experiencing winter last summer when Mars made it's close approach to Earth . . . The North polar ice cap showed up nicely in my little 8" telescope. So, that was around August (is that right?) and a Martian year is approximately two Earth years . . . Hmmm . . . lol . . . I'm spinning my wheels here . . . I'll try to look it up, lol!

16 posted on 04/17/2004 10:27:56 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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"If you look closely at one of the Rover tracks, you can see a face."

An autographed photo of Art Bell?

17 posted on 04/17/2004 10:35:23 PM PDT by Dark Glasses and Corncob Pipe (14, 15, 16...whatever!)
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To: Phil V.
Hey, check this out. Mars has 20 months. They've even named them. There is a nice table showing when winter, summer, etc. come to each of the hemispheres. 'Course, I still have no idea what the date is on Mars right now! :-)
18 posted on 04/17/2004 10:36:36 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
'Course, I still have no idea what the date is on Mars right now! :-)

I believe that Quanza is right around the corner . . .

19 posted on 04/17/2004 10:38:46 PM PDT by Phil V.
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To: Phil V.
LOL . . . Say it isn't so!
20 posted on 04/17/2004 10:40:30 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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