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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2016, 03:25 AM Oct 2016

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has released crazy new pictures of Mars

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has released crazy new pictures of Mars

You've never seen the Red Planet like this before.

JOSH HRALA
20 OCT 2016

NASA has just released new ultraviolet photos of Mars taken from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, and they showcase the Red Planet’s unique atmosphere, cloud formations, and 'nightglow'.

The new photos are the first of their kind, providing researchers with highly detailed images that weren’t possible until now.

MAVEN obtained hundreds of such images in recent months, giving some of the best high-resolution ultraviolet coverage of Mars ever obtained," said one of the researchers, Nick Schneider from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

One of the most interesting new photos is that of Mars' nitric oxide (NO) 'nightglow' emission.

More:
http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-maven-spacecraft-releases-crazy-new-pictures-of-mars

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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has released crazy new pictures of Mars (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP

Too cool! lastlib Oct 2016 #1

Clear evidence Mars is a giant bowling ball ... nikto Oct 2016 #3

Help Scienctists! rgbecker Oct 2016 #4

lastlib

(23,251 posts)

1. Too cool!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:08 PM

Oct 2016

What an amazing time we live in! And an AMAZING universe! I cannot get enough of this stuff! It's almost as addicting as politics!

nikto

(3,284 posts)

3. Clear evidence Mars is a giant bowling ball ...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 03:25 AM

Oct 2016

For very very large 6-fingered aliens.

rgbecker

(4,832 posts)

4. Help Scienctists!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 02:55 PM

Oct 2016

This brings to mind a question I've had: How come no volcanoes on these other planets and their and our Moons? Certainly our volcanoes are not dependent on planet temp, water or life. Shouldn't all these other planets have volcanoes erupting like the ones here on Earth? Don't they have a molten center like us? Why not?

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