The Red Album
Mars’ foremost photographers pick their favorite images of their favorite planet.
- By airspacemag.com
- AirSpaceMag.com, November 18, 2008
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NASA/ JPL /Malin Space Science Systems
Early in the Mars Global Surveyor mission, the MOC saw gullies (like the thin white streak at center) that seemed to be geologically young -- young enough that some might even be active today. The scientists at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) monitored hundreds of these gullies to see if any changed over time. Two of them did, including this one, which appeared different in photos taken in December 2001 and April 2005. Some Mars scientists suspect that liquid water may have flowed in this gully very recently -- within a decade.
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Comments (4)
Absolutely Amazing!
There's a lot to be said for intensity. I wish that we had more like him, especially in the NASA program design and management offices.
Posted by Miles Wade on November 23,2008 | 01:04 PM
Fantastic! There is no way anyone who views these can deny the existence of water somewhere on the planet. I still hope someday we will be able to get equally good photos from the other seven planets in our system but until then, I look forward to the day our explorers are setting foot on Mars!
Posted by John E. Truitt on December 30,2008 | 04:43 PM
I'm young, and interested in astronomy. When I read this, it makes me more interested. I think, better we share this with others so our next generation will love the nature
Posted by Steedward on March 11,2009 | 11:45 PM
I am an elementary art teacher. This year we are going space crazy. With Mars being closest to the Earth this summer than it will be for decades, I would love to know more about your work. My son is a gifted photographer who loves to go out in search of the perfect photo op, but I think Mars is the prize.
The galaxy like an artist's palette on a super sized scale.
Sincerely, Jan Alexander
Posted by Jan Alexander on June 4,2009 | 03:20 PM