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Rocks On Mars
Geology.com ^ | 6 MAR 2014 | From various Mars missions

Posted on 03/12/2014 4:11:08 PM PDT by onedoug

Interesting discussions and photos of varying rock types encountered on Mars to date.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: mars; martianrocktypes

1 posted on 03/12/2014 4:11:08 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: SunkenCiv

Pinging for your list. Thanks.


2 posted on 03/12/2014 4:12:24 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

I wanna see where the astronauts put the ‘merican flag....Sheila say it’s there! </s>


3 posted on 03/12/2014 4:15:40 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: onedoug

Gee it looks like a vision from mac daddies dream as to what he wants America to look like.


4 posted on 03/12/2014 4:21:27 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: SgtBob

No, even Sheila knows that the Mars landing was faked, and the flag had only 12 stars then. But there are pyramids, a giant face (of Elvis), a bigfoot creature, bunny rabbits, and jelly-filled doughnuts disguised as rocks (or is that the other way around?). Probably some underground cities too.


5 posted on 03/12/2014 4:34:25 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: onedoug

Poll: Should Naming Places on Other Planets Be Open to the Public?

http://www.space.com/25031-planet-place-names-public-poll.html?cmpid=514648_20140312_19966464

I say yes with reservations to avoid stupid names like “Bunghole crater”. The public pays for it and should have some say.


6 posted on 03/12/2014 4:41:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: onedoug

In their example of conglomerates the author states that wind is not strong enough to pick up pebbles over one centimeter in diameter and carry them along in the current. That may be true on Earth but the gravity on Mars is only 38% as much as Earth. Would it still be too heavy for a pebble to be moved under those conditions?


7 posted on 03/12/2014 5:08:54 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Telepathic Intruder

C’mon!!!! BUNNY RABBITS!

Don’t mean to yell, but they taste pretty good fried w/gravy;-)


8 posted on 03/12/2014 6:33:25 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...

Thanks onedoug. Extra to APoD.


9 posted on 03/12/2014 6:34:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Revolting cat!

Soft rock
Hard rock
Adult contemporary...


10 posted on 03/12/2014 6:49:50 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Progressive rock?
Art rock?


11 posted on 03/12/2014 6:57:43 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: SgtBob
Coyotes love 'em. But maybe I was thinking of the rats, and it's just getting close to Easter:



I never tried one fried though. I suppose Obama hasn't been "fixing" the economy long enough to make that necessary.
12 posted on 03/12/2014 7:00:29 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: onedoug
Forget da rocks, I wanna see da flag!
13 posted on 03/12/2014 7:10:08 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Possibly. What I think is very interesting though is the degree of rounding on the pieces making up the conglomerate. These would have to have been eroded in a flowing fluvial or marine environment. Those shales are equally as interesting. Each of their features would be excellent staring places to look for microfossils. But that takes humans to make value judgments. And that seems like a long time coming. But to find those features therein would be the greatest discovery of all time.


14 posted on 03/13/2014 12:30:23 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Revolting cat!

I chipped a tooth on a bubblegum rock.


15 posted on 03/13/2014 3:07:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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