Re: Snow Algae?
Thanks for the link. These gullies might be an area THEMIS should take visible light color images of since there have been seen "dark spots" in the gullies when the snow cover has sublimed:
From: Robert Clark (rgclark@my-deja.com)
Subject: Dark spots in Mars gullies - evidence of cyanobacteria?
Newsgroups: sci.astro, sci.astro.seti, alt.sci.planetary, sci.bio.misc
Date: 2001-11-29 14:05:07 PST
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=b4c2374dcdf153f6
If there are nearby snow covered areas this might also give a means to properly calibrate the color since the snow would be expected to be white.
Bob Clark