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An Avalanche on Mars
Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA

Explanation: What caused this sudden cloud of dust on Mars? An avalanche! The first avalanche imaged in progress on another planet was recorded last month on Mars by NASA's robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Visible in the above picture, digitally rescaled, are several layers of white ice thawing over red rock, with darker colors toward the right indicated Martian soil that mixed with lesser amounts of ice. As the cliff of over 700 meters high was thawing, falling ice crashed down raising plumes of ice and dust so thick they cast visible shadows. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees. The entire scene is illuminated from the upper right by the Sun. A thaw occurs each spring in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, as the warming climate causes solid carbon dioxide ice to sublimate directly to vapor. Studying such avalanches allows planetary geologists to better understand soil configurations on Mars.
APOD: 2008 March 11 - An Avalanche on Mars

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

See, not yet sure about life on the planet but definate signs of weather irregularities!

When shall the "Global warming on Mars" crowd form?

Alien terraforming! Alien terraforming!!!

Bah, avalanche, boring (unless of course your a geologist I guess). I know this a bit older, but this picture clearly blows the socks off your avalanche. Both were taken by MRO.

to bad they didn't have this camera in 03, Mars's opposition was the best in 60.000 years...that would have made a spetacular photograph, this one aint bad either....

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So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
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hahaha I was about to say looks like we are responsible for temperatures on entirely other planets too!

Well, I'm sure the "it's just a theory" crowd shall not form since there's little doubt this is the theory of gravity in action.

its the monolith ..its been dormant for too long.....a prearranged mechanism has awoken it....it has sensed that a certain absurdity quotient have been broached recently, and its here to save us...
Obama’s next line will be- ...."my god, its full of stars"...

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


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I love that movie. I know that the big thing now is to play Pink Floyd's song Echoes during the "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite" sequence. I tried that and it does make for a good backdrop and now every time I hear the song I associate the two.

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Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Some nice reflections on a theme;
2001: A Space Odyssey Internet Resource Archive: Sounds

Good samples for DJ mashers on their way to the Red planet.

yes and I always liked Meddle overall, great range, echoes is not often assoc. as a floyd great but it should be I think.

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


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