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Filer’s Files # 40 – 2012 – Mars is Warm with Flowing Water
Mars Faces and Water
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Dr. Richard Buchli D.V.M. Ph.D. sent this NASA photo located at 04 36”08.80 S 137 30.36.07 E on Mars.
Scientists say NASA’s newest Mars rover has found signs that a stream once flowed across the surface near the site where it landed…
Curiosity touched down in a crater near the Martian equator last month. The red planet today is dusty and dry but scientists think it was once warmer and wetter.
Evidence of an ancient stream came from analyzing the size and shapes of pebbles and gravel near Gale Crater. Mission scientists said Thursday ‘it appeared the water was fast-moving and deep.
Curiosity’s onboard weather station, which is called the Remote Environment.”
Monitoring Station (REMS), has measured air temperatures as high as 43 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) in the afternoon. And temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of the Martian days, or sols, since REMS was turned on, scientists said.
“These measurements are a bit unexpected, since it’s still late winter at Gale Crater, the spot 4.5 degrees south of the Martian equator where Curiosity. Temperatures are expected in the 25 C. (80s F.) in summer and provide evidence that water is flowing on Mars, that would be really exciting from a habitability point of view,” Gómez said. “In the daytimes, we could see temperatures high enough for liquid water on a regular basis.”
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Matteo Ianneo sent this from Italy of two likely faces on Mars.
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Editor’s Note: Ten years ago Filer’s Files reported water and life on Mars. NASA is just starting to release the true facts about Mars.
Read the entire Filer’s Files # 40 – 2012 – Mars is Warm with Flowing Water here.
