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Strange show spotted high above Mars’ surface remains mysterious
Strange show spotted high above Mars’ surface remains mysterious
Amateur astronomers saw it, professional astronomers aren’t sure what it was. http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/...ns-mysterious/ Almost three years ago, the Red Planet put on a bit of a show for anyone with a telescope big enough, and an eye trained enough, to spot it. As the Terra Cimmeria region of Mars’ Southern Hemisphere rotated into view, a faint bulge rose above the smooth curve of the planet’s surface. It looked like a cloud, but it was too tall and too weird. Starting on March 12, 2012, amateur astronomers reported seeing the odd lump on the Martian horizon. Reports continued to pour in over the next 11 days as the lump became even more obvious. It petered out some time before April 1, but a second occurrence was observed between April 6 and April 16. Each time, its form varied from day to day, and it was seen as dawn swept across the region—but not at dusk. |
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Strange show spotted high above Mars' surface remains mysterious
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 10:24:06 AM UTC-5, Sam Wormley wrote:
Strange show spotted high above Mars' surface remains mysterious Amateur astronomers saw it, professional astronomers aren't sure what it was. http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/...ns-mysterious/ Almost three years ago, the Red Planet put on a bit of a show for anyone with a telescope big enough, and an eye trained enough, to spot it. As the Terra Cimmeria region of Mars' Southern Hemisphere rotated into view, a faint bulge rose above the smooth curve of the planet's surface. It looked like a cloud, but it was too tall and too weird. Starting on March 12, 2012, amateur astronomers reported seeing the odd lump on the Martian horizon. Reports continued to pour in over the next 11 days as the lump became even more obvious. It petered out some time before April 1, but a second occurrence was observed between April 6 and April 16. Each time, its form varied from day to day, and it was seen as dawn swept across the region--but not at dusk. Let's see... dawn occurs at the end of the night, and night is when there is no sunlight and ice can form more easily. Dusk occurs at the end of the day, and day is when there is sunlight and ice can vaporize more easily.... hmmmm. Of course, the CLIMATE MODELS, which we are apparently to always take as gospel, say it can't be ice...hmmmm. |
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