re: Now that it's made the Beeb

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BRFelix — 7/29/2005 10:39:27 PM (archived)

It's for "real". But WE were chattering about it here months ago. So ahead of the curve. ;-)

BUT what about all the other ice lakes? This is not the only one by any means, it's just the best resolved one so far. At least one has been seen from Earth for generations: Korolev at 73º N. Flyover Animation

Additional information: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1249.pdf

But Korolev is just the most spectacular of the type. There are probably dozens of polar region craters showing "ice lake" deposits, and there may be many hundreds of other craters with similar deposits -- cf Acidalia.

What would be the upshot of such a significant quantity of surface ice?

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Ice lake found on Mars - phil - 7/29/2005 7:05:13 PM
- Ice lake, eh? The Boston Bruins may have another place available to play hockey. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 7/30/2005 7:45:05 PM
- How much oil is in the Antartic? - E.P. Grondine - 7/30/2005 4:50:46 PM
  - re: How much oil is in the Antartic? - phil - 7/31/2005 12:57:50 AM
    - Irrelevant: we should not spend dime one on manned Mars flight now - E.P. Grondine - 7/31/2005 2:19:09 PM
- I've noticed that... - Donald - 7/30/2005 3:03:18 PM
  - Yes, this is the 1st specific spot of surface accessable ice on Mars (n/t) - phil - 7/31/2005 6:12:19 PM
- Ice on Mars! Bears in the Woods! - dtb - 7/30/2005 2:37:51 AM
- re: Now that it's made the Beeb - BRFelix - 7/29/2005 10:39:27 PM
  - re: Now that it's made the Beeb - aldo12xu - 7/30/2005 5:55:12 AM
    - re: Goddard Space Flight Center must be - BRFelix - 7/30/2005 12:20:24 PM
- Gets better and better (n/t) - Eri - 7/29/2005 10:30:54 PM
- How can ice persist on in outer space dust clouds? - David F Mayer - 7/29/2005 8:14:33 PM
  - "This time for sure, Rocky!" -- Bullwinkle J Moose; "We'll see about that." Rocket Squirrel - David F Mayer - 7/31/2005 3:50:51 AM
  - Easier to read? (if it works) - David F Mayer - 7/31/2005 3:37:28 AM
    - It didn't work. Something is weird on this BB since it - David F Mayer - 7/31/2005 3:38:08 AM
  - But aren't the temperatures on Mars higher than 100 Kelvin? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 7/30/2005 4:48:15 PM
    - Yes, but the applied pressure is far higher than in outer space. - David F Mayer - 7/31/2005 3:30:47 AM
  - white on white! ??? - Nick Hoffman - 7/30/2005 3:40:59 AM
    - I would remain extremely sceptical - E.P. Grondine - 7/30/2005 4:56:39 PM
      - Enhanced photo - aldo12xu - 8/1/2005 10:38:04 PM
  - Highlight table to read. (my blunder) (n/t) - DFM - 7/29/2005 8:16:08 PM
    - HZ's first use of Ain't It Cool News "Inviso-Text!" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2005 5:57:47 AM

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