DeaconTheVillain Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 But we have to wait a few weeks until they tell us. http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/nov/20/big-news-from-mars-rover-scientists-mum-for-now/ Let the wild guesses begin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 They found Bigfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpskins10 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I bet it's something like they found some new iron isotope out there. News that's big to them is not always big to everyone else lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 They discovered the real star wars prequels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 NASA: "Mars needs women" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFromYellowstone Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I bet they found some sort of life on mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I'm betting it's liquid water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlipper Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I'm thinking they found chicken wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I'm betting it's liquid water. I'm all in on dehydrated water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I'm all in on dehydrated water As opposed to ice smart ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Hammer Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/743037/im-not-saying-its-aliens-but-its-aliens.jpg Thanks to that haircut he looks like he's from Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney B Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Amelia Earhart. You heard it here first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris84 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Dana White works for NASA too??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I knew Elvis was still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zazzaro703 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Last I heard the rover was headed to what they thought could have been an ancient lake or pond. I'm guessing they found proof life was once on mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 That looks like wet soil (found on Reddit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btubes18 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00093/mhli/0093MH0127001000E1_DXXX.jpgThat looks like wet soil (found on Reddit) looks like a shadow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 The discovery was made by the rovers chemistry lab which checks for the presence of organic compounds. I highly doubt it's the presence of liquid water which IMO wouldn't be such a big deal since we know that water did exist on Mars at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Intelligent Design Trial Run #23--Solar System KZ--876--LU ^/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 and now time for a NASA superior dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 looks like a shadow... Click it, and then enlarge it. A shadow would not have dry pebbles on it's edge. Those pebbles will also show the shadow's edge if it is a shadow being cast from a larger object. Given where the light is being cast from (Top left corner), those pebbles would show light, but not uniformly like they are. Look at the area of bright light in the lower left.. notice how the edge of the shadowing there is soft, where the edge of this other area is quite hard... also, note that because of that light, we can see that there is a sunlight source, and that the color of the soil is not that dark, because the shadows that are being cast won't have degree of depth as this sudden color change would indicate. (it would be a second shadow, in other words. that ray of sunlight shows us that most of the photo is already in shadow.) In looking at the enlargement, it indeed looks like wet soil. .. but it might just be different colored soil. the texture of both the wet and dry areas is pretty much the same, .. and I would think undisturbed dust when made wet will lay down a bit. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btubes18 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Click it, and then enlarge it.A shadow would not have dry pebbles on it's edge. Those pebbles will also show the shadow's edge if it is a shadow being cast from a larger object. Given where the light is being cast from (Top left corner), those pebbles would show light, but not uniformly like they are. Look at the area of bright light in the lower left.. notice how the edge of the shadowing there is soft, where the edge of this other area is quite hard... also, note that because of that light, we can see that there is a sunlight source, and that the color of the soil is not that dark, because the shadows that are being cast won't have degree of depth as this sudden color change would indicate. (it would be a second shadow, in other words. that ray of sunlight shows us that most of the photo is already in shadow.) In looking at the enlargement, it indeed looks like wet soil. .. but it might just be different colored soil. the texture of both the wet and dry areas is pretty much the same, .. and I would think undisturbed dust when made wet will lay down a bit. ~Bang thanks, didn't enlarge. I guess it looks like wet soil, but did they already know that water existed on Mars? Or maybe this is the first confirmed water sighting... Either way i am excited to see what they release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Look at the difference between shadow, sunlight (on small corner of lower left of image), and "wet" soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 So is it the dark patch in the upper left that is in question? That portion certainly looks "wet" and appears to be on top of the dry soil and overlapping many pebbles and rocks. Even the texture of the soil looks like something has dripped onto it, similar to dirt under the boards of a deck or patio. Could there be some form of condensation from the belly of the rover dripping down? From what I understand, water, if it exists on Mars, would be unstable with such a weak atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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