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re: active geyser vs passive spot

Michael Gmirkin — 9/2/2006 6:32:54 PM (archived)

Now then...

Let's take a look at some Lichtenbergs...

(When lightning and golf courses collide!)

http://205.243.100.155/photos/For_Sale/June04/Golfcourse.jpg

(When lightning and humans collide. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH. You've been warned!)

http://205.243.100.155/frames/human_LF2.jpg

(3D Lichtenberg figures. Requires Quicktime VR capability. Slow to load, even on broadband. Very cool once it loads, however. Shows acrylic lichtenbergs you can rotate in 3D.)
http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Samples/Electrons.1/index.qtvr.s10.html
http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Samples/Electrons.2/index.qtvr.s10.html
http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Samples/Electrons.3/index.qtvr.s10.html

(And we'll just call this the "quintessential" or "standard" Lichtenberg...)

http://205.243.100.155/photos/For_Sale/June04/3InchDisk/CenterLED1b.jpg

(Perhaps this "quintessential" is easier to see?)

http://205.243.100.155/photos/For_Sale/June04/Octagon/Center2a.jpg

(Seeing any similarities, yet?)
http://www.martianspiders.com/eo1201762a.jpg.htm

Any questions? No? Good.

Seriously though, the parallels are pretty undeniable in terms of structure: radiating branching, ever more intricate filamentation... Heck, you even get the same pattern here on Earth when lightning hits a golf course! C'mon. Make the connection...

The whole thread (86 posts)

The Geysers Of Mars - Mark Eby - 8/17/2006 12:46:14 AM
- re: The Geysers Of Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 5:00:02 AM
  - re: The Geysers Of Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 5:04:18 AM
    - re: The Geysers Of Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 5:08:05 AM
- re: The Geysers Of Mars - Marcia - 8/17/2006 9:47:41 PM
- This version of the story... - alcaray - 8/17/2006 6:02:23 PM
  - Another version of the story... - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 10:55:09 PM
- re: Image from Orbit - BRFelix - 8/17/2006 5:24:07 PM
  - Maybe they're dust devils - SDF - 9/4/2006 4:37:34 PM
  - Hugh Kieffer deserves the credit - nick hoffman - 8/20/2006 1:03:12 AM
  - the "geyser" image - Robert - 8/17/2006 5:35:34 PM
    - re: the "geyser" image - Michael Gmirkin - 9/6/2006 11:26:57 PM
      - re: the "geyser" image - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 1:05:08 AM
        
        re: the "geyser" image - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 1:38:53 AM
    - CO2-water clathrates to explain the Martian spiders. - Robert Clark - 8/18/2006 1:30:48 AM
      - re: CO2-water clathrates to explain the Martian spiders. - Robert Clark - 8/19/2006 1:21:11 PM
    - re: They're everywhere! - BRFelix - 8/17/2006 8:38:48 PM
      - I had a nightmare like that once - SDF - 9/4/2006 8:24:35 PM
      - To each his own - Robert - 8/17/2006 10:08:40 PM
        
        re: To each his own - Greg Orme - 8/20/2006 2:49:14 PM
        
        active geyser vs passive spot - nick hoffman - 8/21/2006 8:06:08 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 8/21/2006 9:51:39 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 4:24:51 AM
        
        Mars does not have a bipolar magnetosphere - nick hoffman - 9/3/2006 8:20:53 AM
        
        re: Mars does not have a bipolar magnetosphere - Michael Gmirkin - 9/3/2006 6:53:54 PM
        
        Nice try, but no cigar - nick hoffman - 9/4/2006 7:34:47 AM
        
        re: Nice try, but no cigar - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 6:55:47 PM
        
        re: Nice try, but no cigar - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 7:06:22 PM
        
        re: Nice try, yourself. And I don't smoke... Prefer a clear mind, thanks. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 8:37:24 AM
        
        Please, get an education in Mars - nick hoffman - 9/4/2006 11:07:59 PM
        
        re: Please, get an education in Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 2:25:05 AM
        
        re: Please, get an education in Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 6:46:05 PM
        
        re: Please, get an education in Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 2:41:48 AM
        
        re: Biting the newcomers, eh? A pity. Had hoped for good conversation. =o\ - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 12:35:43 AM
        
        Read the books - nick hoffman - 9/5/2006 8:39:18 AM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 4:20:07 PM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 8:55:12 PM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 9:13:34 PM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 5:44:19 PM
        
        re: Nice try, yourself. And I don't smoke... Prefer a clear mind, thanks. - Greg Orme - 9/4/2006 2:36:29 PM
        
        re: Nice try, yourself. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 4:41:09 PM
        
        ...where angels fear to tread - Robert - 9/7/2006 5:20:03 PM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 6:18:32 PM
        
        Modes of discussion - nick hoffman - 9/8/2006 12:40:46 AM
        
        re: Modes of discussion - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 6:50:55 AM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Robert - 9/7/2006 7:11:20 PM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 7:37:10 PM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 7:36:50 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/2/2006 12:29:09 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:21:26 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:09:25 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:52:36 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:32:54 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:29:40 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/3/2006 12:47:14 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/3/2006 7:53:57 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/4/2006 4:25:38 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 8:14:00 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/4/2006 2:56:24 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 7:41:12 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 5:49:33 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 5:05:38 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 5:27:12 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 4:29:43 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 4:27:31 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - BRFelix - 8/21/2006 1:10:17 PM
        
        active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 8/21/2006 3:39:05 PM
        
        What are we seeing? - nick hoffman - 9/3/2006 8:32:13 AM
        
        I admire your patience n/t (n/t) - lance - 9/6/2006 1:20:26 PM
        
        re: What are we seeing? - Greg Orme - 9/3/2006 12:19:08 PM
        
        re: Um. An optical illusion of what? - BRFelix - 8/22/2006 1:24:35 AM
        
        re: Um. An optical illusion of what? - Greg Orme - 8/22/2006 2:11:56 PM
        
        Right on with the streaks, but be aware of summer images, too - nick hoffman - 9/3/2006 8:42:20 AM
        
        re: Right on with the streaks, but be aware of summer images, too - Michael Gmirkin - 9/3/2006 8:29:33 PM
        
        re: Right on with the streaks, but be aware of summer images, too - Greg Orme - 9/3/2006 12:54:25 PM
        
        Improved html with image (hopefully) - nick hoffman - 8/21/2006 8:07:35 AM
        
        D'oh - nick hoffman - 8/21/2006 8:08:43 AM
- re: Unpredictable - Raoul - 8/17/2006 5:37:40 AM
  - The Earth Is Unpredictable - Mark Eby - 8/17/2006 10:50:24 AM
    - All humans should stay on the unpredictable earth (n/t) - alcaray - 8/17/2006 8:19:07 PM
      - re: All humans should stay on the unpredictable earth - Marcia - 8/17/2006 9:25:04 PM
        
        Yeh - my silly answer to a silly question. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/17/2006 10:21:37 PM
    - re: Yes, true. - Raoul - 8/17/2006 7:15:45 PM
      - re: Yes, true. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/17/2006 11:15:45 PM
- Meanwhile, high above the Red Planet... - ljk - 8/17/2006 3:13:10 AM
  - Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars, September 13 to 15, 2006 - ljk - 8/21/2006 2:05:02 AM

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