"I'm Dreaming of a Blue Sunset--on Mars"

This Martian sunset, captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Nov. 4 and 5, 2010, appears bluish. The panoramic camera movie combines exposures taken through different camera filters and accelerates about 17 minutes of sunset into a 30-second simulation. This clip is the longest sunset movie from Mars ever produced, taking advantage of adequate solar energy currently available to Opportunity.

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[GLaDOSsMailerDaemon]

5 people are from Venus.

[rdphippo]

@Sugamari so you are disagreeing with the fact that the martian surface was oxidized after water vapor separated in the atmosphere, leaving the hydrogen to be sent out to space and the oxygen to react with the surface and created the rust coloration? have any of you people studied planetary atmospheres enough because apparently you havent. i would like to hear a reason for why people believe that nasa is lying about this. there is no reason for them to do so.

[BenKuroshin]

Just beautiful.

[rapesomeface]

@Starpilot149 That would require VERY strong magnets on such small scales, you wouldn't be able to use any magnetic/electronics items inside it.

[trankhanhvinhan]

10 people are from Uranus

[Starpilot149]

@ArthurStern Another credible source of information on this subject is the Mars Sociey(.org) They work in cooperation with NASA and offer valuable insight on the red planet and it's inumerable promises and benefits.

[Starpilot149]

@ArthurStern Hello there,

Any risks or diffculties posed to the permanent settlement of Mars can be nullified or completely solved.

Just off the top of my head, lethal radiation could be avoided via artificial magnetic fields around colonies, although we will most likely be staying for about 2 years at a time (the optimal launch window for the journey back and forth), so radiation shouldn't be much of an issue.

[ArthurStern]

I am delighted. NASA just launched the Mars rover "Curiosity". (Opportunity's kid)

There are some spots on Mars that vent methane.

Is it a geological event on Mars we didn’t know of, or is it a cloud of farts of some living (bacterial) thing?

[ArthurStern]

@Starpilot149

Hiya,

Permanent human settlement on Mars may not be impossible, but as long as we live there we will exist in underground bunkers because of lethal radiation. Unlike planet Earth, Mars lost its magnetic field millions years ago. We humans can be pretty inventions, but we can’t restore the iron core of Mars beeing fluid again…

[Starpilot149]

@ArthurStern It doesn't have to be suicide, just permanent settlement. As for the fuel problem, search for the video "conquest of mars" on youtube. Or "mars direct" on google or wiki. It should answer all of your questions.

"standby for cheesy catchphrase.......Mars becons. We answer the call"

[ArthurStern]

@Starpilot149

You might have the right stuff to be a Mars astronaut, but I can’t imagine the day we send you on a suicide mission.

[Starpilot149]

@ArthurStern I don't plan on coming back.