Posted on 10/20/2005 7:04:45 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Oct. 19, 2005— Mars may look dry, but there's evidence that the frigid desert planet is still periodically moving water on a global scale, say researchers who have found fresh signs of glaciers far from Mars' icy poles.
Images collected by a variety of spacecraft, along with elevation data, show conspicuous lines of debris in valleys, almost identical to those seen atop glaciers on Earth.
On Mars, however, instead of being washed away when the glaciers melted, the lines of debris were deposited intact on the valley floor. That happened because in the thin Martian air the ice likely went straight from a solid to a gaseous state — a change called sublimation — without any intervening liquid phase.
What's more, the new evidence of glaciers fits in well with recent models of Mars' climate and new calculations of the gradual, long-term wobble in the tilt of Mars' axis. Over tens of millions of years, the wobbling axis creates periods when Mars' poles get a great deal more sunshine than today.
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How about Ares Ale???
I like that, good one.
Hop-Head Fred's Red Martian Ale
I, for one, would suggest that it be sold in (are you ready for this?) Mars Bars.
Perhaps with some milk chocolate on the side.
On second thought, we might want to make sure that the Mars Bars serve beer both inside and outside.....you know, under the Milky Way.
The only way I'll support a Mars colony is if both Clintons, Jean Kerry and Ted "the swimmer" Kennedy become permanent residents.
Shecky Greene, is that you? :-)
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