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Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like

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On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 1:34:29 PM UTC-7, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 10:33:04 AM UTC-7, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> > On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 6:07:59 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
> > > Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like
> > > > http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/10/curiosity-is-climbing-a-martian-mountain-that-used-to-be-a-lake-bottom/
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > One of the joys of geology is painting a picture of a different
> > > > world--a long-ago world otherwise completely lost to us. If you're a
> > > > planetary geologist, you have the chance to pull off that trick with
> > > > a properly different world, one not currently named Earth. Courtesy
> > > > of Curiosity, the robotic geologist currently exploring Mars, we have
> > > > a new picture of the history of the crater the rover is roving in.
> > > >
> > > > Gale Crater was excavated by an impact event roughly 3.7 billion
> > > > years ago. Rising over five kilometers from the floor of the crater
> > > > is Mount Sharp (officially Aeolis Mons). How'd it get there? That
> > > > question is, in a way, interesting enough that we went there to find
> > > > out.
> > > >
> > > > After landing safely on the plain surrounding Mount Sharp, Curiosity
> > > > has made its way to the base of the mountain, stopping to smell the
> > > > rocks along the way. Climbing Mount Sharp takes the rover on a trip
> > > > through martian history, as the mountain is basically a layer cake of
> > > > sedimentary rock. A new study published this week by 47 researchers
> > > > back on Earth focuses on what we've seen so far in the two layers at
> > > > the base of the cake.
> > > >
> > > > In the lower part of the basal layer, there are sandstones as well as
> > > > some gravelly layers. The sandstones show a pattern called
> > > > "cross-bedding"--repeated diagonal lines between the top and bottom of
> > > > a layer. These are the remains of crawling ripples or dunes. In this
> > > > case they are short ripples deposited by something flowing toward the
> > > > center of the crater. Together with the presence of the gravels, this
> > > > points to the action of streams.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > -- 
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> > 
> > Reality is Calif.is getting to look like Mars.No water.Lots of sand and dust.Rocks everywhere.This is now,and not Once Upon a Time. Get the picture TreBert
> 
> As I type many parts on Earth look like Mars.S.Calif.looks more and more like Mars. It has dust and no water. TreBert

Once upon a time when Mars had great oceans just like Earth,and it was closer to the sun the Martians eat lobsters clams and cod.They washed it down with beer.I'm telling you all this for I'm looking to work with NASA. TreBert

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Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 20:07 -0500
  Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-09 00:41 -0700
  Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:33 -0700
    Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-09 15:11 -0700
      Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 11:16 -0700
        Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-11 14:21 -0700
          Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 09:28 -0700
    Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-10-11 08:45 -0700
    Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-11 11:09 -0500
    Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 13:34 -0700
      Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 15:41 -0700
  Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-10-11 12:40 -0400
  Re: Parts of Mars used to be Earth-like "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 16:44 -0700

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