What's this!? Volcanic activity on Mars? Or did a meteorite land right on top of a dead volcano? I thought the Tharsis bulge was the last heave-ho Mars ever saw geologically speaking. Maybe I'll have to re-write some scripts and get the blood flowing again on our Martian neighbor's face.
Before photo of Tharsis Region, without any plume being carried away by the lower atmosphere
- Tharsis Region on Aug 6th - no plume.png (431.62 KiB) Viewed 4798 times
September 23rd by Mars Express
- Possible Plume on Arsia Mons.png (373.1 KiB) Viewed 4798 times
September 19th by Mars Express
- Plume on Arsia Mons - 9-19-18.png (382.97 KiB) Viewed 4798 times
Speculations?
EDIT: Apparently it is just a meteorological effect of the volcano itself
DRAT!
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NEXT!
Here's a photo taken by the rover MINERVA-II1A while hoping around on the asteroid Ryugu, about a day after landing.
- MINERVA-II1A hoping around.jpeg (34.71 KiB) Viewed 4798 times
And a picture from MINERVA-II1B while descending, not too blurry.
- MINERVA-II1B descent.jpeg (21.63 KiB) Viewed 4798 times
But the picture from MINERVA-II1A is because it was spinning a bit faster.
- MINERVA-II1A descent.jpeg (6.37 KiB) Viewed 4798 times
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FINAL BIT
One last bit of science news, Scientist have discovered that shining specially tuned light on Rydberg Hydrogen atoms (meaning highly energized with a single electron at 100s of times the normal distance of a resting electron orbit) which can cause it to form "Ghost bonds" with EMPTY SPACE! (as IF there was another atom at that location). They're actually called Trilobite bonds because of its elongated shape, similar to that of the prehistoric muck dweller. That's kinda like clapping with one hand. Neat trick.
Applications of this are highly speculative, but perhaps you could have a crystalline solid that turns to liquid then you light it up at just the right frequency. Exergonic reactions could become Endogonic. Work and energy put in a system could be swapped. Pencil lead could turn to diamond using a hand held pen light. The color of objects could change with the touch of a stylus. You could have chemical reactions take place without change in temperature or pressure. Useful in Quantum computing? Who knows.
Creation and observation of a ghost trilobite chemical bond - ARXIV PDF
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