tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post330693579088180313..comments2010-08-30T11:41:38.895-07:00Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-62338142603214495222010-08-30T11:41:38.895-07:002010-08-30T11:41:38.895-07:00This post reminds me about the old days of good blogging. If you can please visit my site [url=http://kitchencheap.co.uk/]kitchen cheap[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-82480361219579442002010-01-27T16:23:24.748-08:002010-01-27T16:23:24.748-08:00Jean said:New Mars Bar.<br /><br />Made from 100% Mars.<br /><br />Ferrell said: HAHAHAHA...<br /><br />FerrellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-33110454055328527312010-01-21T12:21:46.105-08:002010-01-21T12:21:46.105-08:00New Mars Bar.<br /><br />Made from 100% Mars.Jean Remyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186948442919090289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-76150259326619146222010-01-21T09:41:36.506-08:002010-01-21T09:41:36.506-08:00I can see that! Well, there is a Mars chocolate company ...Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-30398080378578921812010-01-20T05:09:00.723-08:002010-01-20T05:09:00.723-08:00I had to do a brain switch.<br />It looked at first glance like nothing so much as chocolate pudding in a mixing bowl.Bernitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-20237772001909654492010-01-18T13:12:38.686-08:002010-01-18T13:12:38.686-08:00It is an astonishing landscape all the same.<br /><br />If &#39;John Carter of Mars&#39; <i>isn&#39;t</i> a great popcorn movie, someone should be spaced, or disposed of in proper Barsoomian fashion.Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-52369749415369572282010-01-17T19:14:29.448-08:002010-01-17T19:14:29.448-08:00From what I gathered from another site the tendrils are not sticking up but are sliding downhill. The angle at which the picture was taken is steeper than it looks, the tendrils are just sliding up the image, but down the hills.<br /><br />Quoth Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer:<br /><br />&quot;The eternal Martian wind blows the heavy sand into dunes, and you can see the hummocks and ripples from this across the image. The sand on Mars is from basalt, which is a darkish gray color. The red comes from much smaller dust particles which settle everywhere.<br /><br />But what are those weird tendril thingies?<br /><br />In the Martian winter, carbon dioxide freezes out of the air (and you thought it was cold where you are). In the summer, that CO2 sublimates; that is, turns directly from a solid to a gas. When that happens the sand gets disturbed, and falls down the slopes in little channels, which spreads out when it hits the bottom.&quot;Jean Remyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186948442919090289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-72147106953891780682010-01-17T13:27:52.523-08:002010-01-17T13:27:52.523-08:00Speaking of Dejah and John, John Carter of Mars is in production as I write. Due for release in 2012.<br /><br />From my keyboard to the Big Director in the sky, let it a great popcorn flick.Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-47286246782247446272010-01-17T13:11:35.568-08:002010-01-17T13:11:35.568-08:00No silly question at all. Apparently it was quite small; the linked post says that the cloud was &#39;a few meters&#39; across. <br /><br />I am really, really puzzled by the tendrils, or whatever they are. They sure LOOK as if they are sticking up, sort of like stalagmites. But if they ARE sticking up, tree sized crystals on Mars, that is a whole buncha awesome in its own right.<br /><br />The thing about Mars isn&#39;t just that it is strange, but combined with echoes of familiarity.<br /><br />And couldn&#39;t you see Dejah Thoris riding a thoat across that landscape? Well, some in this thread might be more interested in seeing John Carter. ;-)Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-63019886806216521092010-01-17T05:43:02.195-08:002010-01-17T05:43:02.195-08:00Amazing. If this isn&#39;t a silly question, what sort of scale is the landslide?Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-53631945947691072542010-01-15T17:23:36.534-08:002010-01-15T17:23:36.534-08:00That&#39;s pretty... well... pretty. And awesome. And lots of other adjectives.<br /><br />One wonders how the landscape would actually <i>react</i> to terraforming.<br /><br />~ FerrardFerrard Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671456223738050907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-54916893543622831922010-01-14T16:41:38.927-08:002010-01-14T16:41:38.927-08:00They look like verticle structures. Maybe a Martian equivalent to an ice volcano like the ones that form along the Great Lakes in the winter.<br /><br />Mars is turning into an interesting place.Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-9345379642186382832010-01-14T15:56:49.862-08:002010-01-14T15:56:49.862-08:00Welcome to the comments threads!<br /><br />Those tendrils are pretty spooky, aren&#39;t they? They look like they are sticking up into the air, but I guess the patterns are actually formed on the ground, running downslope.Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-9142045524338662682010-01-14T15:02:59.511-08:002010-01-14T15:02:59.511-08:00It&#39;s those tendrils.<br /><br />&quot;Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine; it is stranger than we can imagine.&quot; Sir Arthur Eddington<br /><br />We have so much to learn.Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494544263897150929.post-66370714236338925982010-01-14T14:15:48.334-08:002010-01-14T14:15:48.334-08:00To quote Phil Plait (the <em>Bad Astronomy</em> guy): <em>Awe. Some.</em><br /><br />Thanks for sharing this.tkiniashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03866834707307967632noreply@blogger.com