pure roon

I just saw this on the Mars Phoenix Lander’s Twitter page:

Are you ready to celebrate?  Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars!  w00t!!!  Best day ever!!

Followed by:

Whoohoo! Was keeping my eye on some chunks of bright stuff & they disappeared! Sublimated!  So it can’t be salt, it’s ice:

The Mars Lander was having a little dig when it discovered some ‘dice sized’ bright substance, over the few days that followed the the substance appeared to vaporise indicatiting that it couldn’t be salt.

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I don’t know what I am more excited about, Water on Mars or that Nasa Scientists shout Woot!

Toot!

There seems to be a never-ending flow of stunning images coming from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on board NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). In today’s high-resolution look at the Martian surface, large flat-topped hills (a.k.a. mesas) can be seen to be eroded by the Mars winds, stripping them of their material, creating sand dunes downwind. An incredible sight, it shows just how dynamic and powerful the Martian winds really are…

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I am continually being blown away by the images coming from the HiRISE project and Mars. These sand dunes and errosion patterns are quite spooky in a way, but well worth a look!

Some fantastically clear photos which will make your holiday snaps look a little pathetic in comparison!