skippy0001 | 16 Feb 2015 1:20 p.m. PST |
link 'plumes', 'aurora'…it's Them. They're sending probes. Could it be the Last Gasp of the Desperate Thern Race? A Secret Nazi Base blown up by Heroes? First launch of a colonisation effort? Either way, it's something… |
tberry7403 | 16 Feb 2015 1:37 p.m. PST |
Mars farts! Or Earth's Global Warming has gotten so bad that it's effecting the other planets. |
Rhoderic III and counting | 16 Feb 2015 2:37 p.m. PST |
I was under the (apparently mistaken) impression Mars no longer has a magnetic field, which would preclude auroras. Shows what I know. |
tberry7403 | 16 Feb 2015 2:55 p.m. PST |
Mars' magnetic field is about 1/3000th that of Earth. Also it is unevenly split between the northern and southern hemispheres. The southern hemisphere has a greater portion of the magnetic field. link
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tberry7403 | 16 Feb 2015 3:02 p.m. PST |
I was under the (apparently mistaken) impression Mars no longer has a magnetic field… Don't feel bad, you must watching the Science (sic) Channel again. |
Rhoderic III and counting | 16 Feb 2015 3:29 p.m. PST |
tberry: That was a great, surprisingly compelling-to-read article, thanks! |
Mike Target | 17 Feb 2015 3:49 a.m. PST |
dont be silly, the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one… |
J Womack 94 | 17 Feb 2015 8:02 a.m. PST |
At this range, they couldn't hit an eleph… I, for one, welcome our new Martian overlords. |
TheBeast | 17 Feb 2015 8:02 a.m. PST |
Why does that seem especially ominous from someone going by 'Target'? ;->= As far as aurora, they're concentrated by magnetic fields, not created by them. Plenty of local variation that might cause the colored sheeting. 'No longer has a magnetic field' sufficient to be much protection is close enough. Doug |
PapaSync | 17 Feb 2015 12:04 p.m. PST |
"I, for one, welcome our new Martian overlords." Don't you "Protectors"? 8) |
capncarp | 21 Feb 2015 10:10 p.m. PST |
PapaSync, with our luck, it'll be "Interplanetary Buffet Visitors" |