Martian Gullies Explained By ... Sand
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eldavojohn writes "There's a lot of evidence that a very long time ago some fluid once flowed on Mars, but the primary evidence of water today — gullies inside craters — is explainable by a much less exotic reason: flowing dust and sand. It would now seem that the news from 2006 that NASA had found definitive evidence of flowing water on today's Mars needs to be comprehensively reexamined. The Bad Astronomer lays claim that flowing sand and dust doesn't explain all recent hi-res imagery from the red planet, but it certainly does seem more plausible, considering what we know about Mars."
YEAH RIGHT! (Score:4, Funny)
Oh yeah? (Score:4, Funny)
WTF do the Martians drink?
Hi-Res Imagery (Score:5, Funny)
Have they found the soundstage on mars where they faked the moon landing?
Just get better info (Score:5, Funny)
Take those photos that the various missions have taken of Mars, and use the photo analysis software that CSI uses. You should be able to look at things down to a molecular level then. Even a photo taken with a disposable camera that happened to be pointing in the direction of Mars during a stormy night should be sufficient to determint the location of all water on Mars. They could look at the back side of Mars based on a reflection from one of the stars behind it, so you should easily have 360 degrees of visibility..
What we know about Mars (Score:5, Funny)
Nutrition Facts: Mars Bar
Calories: 220
Sodium: 70 mg
Total Fat: 9 g
Potassium: 0 mg
Saturated: 6 g
Total Carbs: 36 g
Polyunsaturated: 0 g
Dietary Fiber: 1 g
Monounsaturated: 0 g
Sugars: 30 g
Trans: 0 g
Protein: 2 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Vitamin A: 0%
Calcium: 6%
Vitamin C: 0%
Iron: 4%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
nasa FOUND water on mars already! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:YEAH RIGHT! (Score:1, Funny)
On no account will a Martian ever drink water, and not without good reason.
This is an incredibly important and urgent issue. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:"You keep using that word" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is an incredibly important and urgent issu (Score:1, Funny)
Is it hard posting to Slashdot while volunteering at the soup kitchen?
Re:Oh yeah? (Score:3, Funny)
Explains their tendency to abduct hillbillies.
Re:YEAH RIGHT! (Score:1, Funny)
That's what the Martians want us to think. Next they're going to try and contaminate our precious bodily fluids.
Too late! They already have floridated the water!