ApoFlower by MagikUnicorn
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Bryce & Apo
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SPACE NEWS
NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars
Observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars.
"NASA's Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, "and it reaffirms Mars as an important future destination for human exploration."
Dark, finger-like features appear and extend down some Martian slopes during late spring through summer, fade in winter, and return during the next spring. Repeated observations have tracked the seasonal changes in these recurring features on several steep slopes in the middle latitudes of Mars' southern hemisphere.
"The best explanation for these observations so far is the flow of briny water," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Tucson. McEwen is the principal investigator for the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) and lead author of a report about the recurring flows published in Thursday's edition of the journal Science.
Some aspects of the observations still puzzle researchers, but flows of liquid brine fit the features' characteristics better than alternate hypotheses. Saltiness lowers the freezing temperature of water. Sites with active flows get warm enough, even in the shallow subsurface, to sustain liquid water that is about as salty as Earth's oceans, while pure water would freeze at the observed temperatures.
"These dark lineations are different from other types of features on Martian slopes," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist Richard Zurek of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Repeated observations show they extend ever farther downhill with time during the warm season."
The features imaged are only about 0.5 to 5 yards or meters wide, with lengths up to hundreds of yards. The width is much narrower than previously reported gullies on Martian slopes. However, some of those locations display more than 1,000 individual flows. Also, while gullies are abundant on cold, pole-facing slopes, these dark flows are on warmer, equator-facing slopes...
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Magik
Comments (54)
Awesome composition. Looks fantastic!
Ca me fait penser à de la fumée
I heard about this. It's really fascinating! Nice fractal!
Great info, and thanks for the link, Magik. I love this Apo-art, with all those beautiful soft layers around.
Great POV; excellentissime picture
Cool artwork and cool info ! Thank you for sharing..
superbe ensemble et contraste de couleurs
Beautiful, Magik!!!
Looks like a ball caught in a spider web !! very cool and thank you for the info !
Fantastic Apo/Bryce composite, Real! Fascinating info, too. I think Mars holds many secrets to amaze us.
Very nice fractal work!
This is pretty!
Superbe et intéressant mariage de Bryce et d'une fractale, c'est très réussi, Magik. La guerre de l'eau a déjà commencé dans certains pays,sous d'autres prétextes bien sûr, et si les Américains en ont trouvé sur Mars, ça va faire cher à la bouteille :-)
Magikophysis.
Very nice work!!!
Beautiful Apo! :)
Wonderful fractal artwork MU, excellent done.
A gorgeous design Magik!
The spirals of art unfold and we exhilarating spirit of a dream. Congratulations and many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) Les spirales de l'art se déploient et nous ennivre l'esprit d'un rêve . Bravo et mille mercis de partager ((5++))
A beautiful burst of color Magik. Dana
Awesome image of what be a true sighting!! Thanks for the excellent information Magik.
OK get me a ticket for the first public flight~~ beautiful work and information!~~
Un bijou travail!
Very cool! Love it!