Water found on Mars: CONFIRMED.

[OliverFA]

Look at this picture. It confirms the discovery.

Simply awesome!



Ok ok just a little joke

[Lancer]

Then there must be ice skating on Mars!

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Lancer
Then there must be ice skating on Mars!

That smiley must really like you, Lancer. It's mostly ignored by everyone else.

[BeBMan]

I'd be more impressed had they found beer on Mars

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Lorizael


That smiley must really like you, Lancer. It's mostly ignored by everyone else.

It kinda looks like someone skating though doesn't it?

BeBro, NASA hasn't issued a statement yet but I hear the word around the water cooler is that Mars is BYOB.

[FrostyBoy]

I am very suspicous after playing with photoshop.

Let me just get this ready..

[FrostyBoy]

Here is the image

[Maquiladora]

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[FrostyBoy]

First thing that struck me is that the robot seems to have tilted the camera on the 2nd shot, there is also a colour loss (according to the high resolution original, you can see it slightly in the animation above.

Anyway, what I am a little confused about is why the ice CHUNKS are melting faster than the patch of ice at the top.

The article states the days, but not the time. Are we to believe that they took the photos at the exact same time of the day? According to the shadow's they did, as they are perfectly aligned. (except of couse, the tilted camera).

Lastly, notice the surrounding chunks of whatever are slightly changed after the ice-chunks have melted. Here is another picture. Doesn't that seem a little odd? Unless this dirt is very fine and shifted when the ice melted, i'm not sure. I noticed the surface is smoother, probably evidence for ice melt, rather than against it.

[CrONoS]

@Frosty

Could you post the links for the high res image file.
tx

[CrONoS]

forget it, i was too lazy to wait for you!

[FrostyBoy]

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/253234main_sol_020_024_change_dodo_v3.jpg

[CrONoS]

... that suck, I would have liked an higher resolution!"

[ZEE]

Originally posted by FrostyBoy
First thing that struck me is that the robot seems to have tilted the camera on the 2nd shot, there is also a colour loss (according to the high resolution original, you can see it slightly in the animation above.

so what? tilted camera? its on a pivotal mount and probably tilts all sorts of ways. color loss? you know that they actually have to format that image to post on the web rite? of course you do you are a web designer. probably not the same person posted those 2 pics, regardless, so different res.

Anyway, what I am a little confused about is why the ice CHUNKS are melting faster than the patch of ice at the top.

thats not an ice patch thats the edge of large and deep ice shelf, and you CAN see part of it melting in your above graphic at any rate.

The article states the days, but not the time. Are we to believe that they took the photos at the exact same time of the day? According to the shadow's they did, as they are perfectly aligned. (except of couse, the tilted camera).

the main shadow at the center of the trench is different and there is slight variation of all other shadows as well. also these images are a bit overexposed anyway so things are a bit off everywhere.

Lastly, notice the surrounding chunks of whatever are slightly changed after the ice-chunks have melted. Here is another picture. Doesn't that seem a little odd? Unless this dirt is very fine and shifted when the ice melted, i'm not sure. I noticed the surface is smoother, probably evidence for ice melt, rather than against it.

Mars is a windy planet. dirt moves around. thats why there is the layer of dirt covering the ice in the first place. im surprised there wasnt MORE movement TBH.

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by AAHZ


so what? tilted camera? its on a pivotal mount and probably tilts all sorts of ways. color loss? you know that they actually have to format that image to post on the web rite? of course you do you are a web designer. probably not the same person posted those 2 pics, regardless, so different res.

My skeptism points started at the "Anyway" part, not before, I was just pointing out an observation.


Ok, so if the ice at the top is part of a larger ice chunk, then I am curious how the ice chunks at the bottom formed, considering they are very small and seperate from the larger ice chunk. Is this normal?