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Christina DiMicelliMartian Skies
The Martian atmosphere has perfect conditions for sublimation - extremely thin, dry and cold. How cold? Well, you can check the Live Martian Weather Report, with data from a station on board the Phoenix Lander. Today will see a high tempera -
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Dinis CorreiaSome amazing images of the Martian atmosphere, from the various probes exploring the planet.
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Yesterday's announcement by NASA of the discovery of water ice on Mars by its Phoenix Lander probe made big news everywhere. The discovery involved the observation of water ice sublimating into the air - that is, the water went from solid to vapor state without reaching the liquid stage. The Martian atmosphere has perfect conditions for sublimation - extremely thin, dry and cold. How cold? Well, you can check the Live Martian Weather Report, with data from a station on board the Phoenix Lander. Today will see a high temperature of a toasty -26 degrees F.
What more do we know about Mars' atmosphere? It's hundreds of times thinner than Earth's atmosphere and is made of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and contains traces of oxygen, water, and methane. We also know, from observations that it can support dust storms, dust devils, clouds and gusty winds. With an amazing number of six current live probes exploring Mars (two rovers, a lander, and three orbiters), there are many thousands of images available. Only a few, however show atmospheric phenomena. Presented here are some of the best images of Martian atmosphere (and beyond) in action. (
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etc etcThe Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe
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Alexander KohlhoferStunning view of Mars.
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ken .Lots of lovely (big) photos of and from the surface of Mars - clouds, dust devils, redness, sunsets, and Phobos (kind of like a John Ford western crossed with Star Trek and a bit of Star Wars - would be fun to be in all three, sigh)
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