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re: Frost
Cool, and lots more than a "few microns"
Philip
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12/15/2004 4:33:48 AM
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Looks more like a snowfall.
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Sabkha or playa, take your pick...
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Nick Hoffman
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12/14/2004 2:23:08 AM
re: salt flat, alternately wet and dry
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bruced
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12/15/2004 7:05:45 AM
More uniform than random spheres
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Philip Simon
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12/16/2004 2:42:50 AM
Slowly changing opinions, or take a deep leap.
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Philip Simon
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12/15/2004 4:14:17 AM
I pick playa.
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jms
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12/14/2004 5:26:38 PM
re: Being the way I am, the little bitty step pyramid
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BRF
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12/14/2004 6:23:22 PM
Or also an ancient deep water environment.
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Robert Clark
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12/14/2004 3:38:38 PM
re: Compared to what?
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BRFelix
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12/14/2004 3:34:24 PM
Whoa! Frost on the solar panels?
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Robert Clark
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12/14/2004 3:32:38 PM
Rain on the parade, but Liquid impossibility
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Philip Simon
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12/15/2004 2:22:38 AM
At every landing site pressure NEVER fell below 6.1 mbars.
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Robert Clark
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12/15/2004 2:30:16 AM
My mistake Bob, you're right
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Philip Simon
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12/15/2004 4:27:45 AM
Liquid not likely
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dtb
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12/14/2004 5:09:35 PM
re: Liquid not likely
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Robert Clark
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12/15/2004 1:48:12 AM
re: Whoa! Frost on the solar panels?
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Robert Clark
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12/14/2004 4:22:08 PM
re: Frost
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Tom Brosz
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12/14/2004 4:21:37 PM
Cool, and lots more than a "few microns"
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Philip
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12/15/2004 4:33:48 AM
re: At the time...
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BRFelix
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12/15/2004 5:24:22 AM
You might be seeing it now,
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Philip Simon
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12/18/2004 1:43:25 AM
re: Yup, you really got us going there.
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Aunt Bea
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12/14/2004 6:37:51 AM
re: I suppose you have proposed better theories that have now been vindicated?
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Scott Evil
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12/15/2004 6:10:17 PM
Better theories that have now been vindicated?
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water
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12/16/2004 12:39:43 AM
Re: In defense of Nick...
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Vince
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12/15/2004 3:02:51 AM
So how about some speculation?
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Gary
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12/14/2004 6:05:00 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.