Running water on Mars
NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years.
“These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars,” said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, Washington.
The implication, of course, is that microbes could be living there. Don’t worry, they almost certainly couldn’t infect us because we are totally alien to them. Who knows what knowledge could come from this if it pans out.
There has been compelling evidence of liquid water on Mars for many years now - flowing down crater walls and hills…some even pooling, from the raw MALIN/NASA images. They have also shown some sort of “trees” as well. Simliar to our own banyan trees in the deserts of Earth. Sir Arthur C. Clarke has even commented on them.
How aggravating it is to encounter individuals who still maintain a hard grasp on old and antiquainted teachings about Mars…being a cold, dry and dead world. News like this shakes them up and makes them re-evaluate. Not a comfortable place to be. I guess until they can take a cool refreshing Martian drink, they will always be skeptical. Too bad.
I’m glad that NASA has finally announced the news of flowing water on Mars, and it’s just a matter of time - of evidence from biological fingerprints. There is already an increase in methane in the atmosphere…could it be Martian critters?
Just a matter of time.
Respectfully,
Chicago Astronomer Joe
Administrator
http://www.chicagoastronomer.com
Telescope/Observatory Operator
Adler Planetarium
Um, no, there are no images of trees on Mars. NASA would have every reason to publicize it if they found them, not cover it up. It would be huge news and surely help their budget. Also, why would they suddenly tell us now if they had seen running water before?
That’s pretty much what I thought Marty.