Ancient Mars: Renderings Show Raging Floods, Vast Oceans

[On the Road]

While many scientists think Mars may once have harbored vast oceans or lakes, there is no proof beyond some presumed ancient shorelines, sediment deposits, and other highly sketchy data or pictures.

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While evidence is rolling in from two spacecraft currently orbiting Mars, an artist has taken some liberties with some of that data to create a series of renderings showing what Mars might once have looked like.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/ancient_mars_020104.html

After going to the link, click on "Gallery of Renderings". There are 17 incredible paintings. Make sure to click on each picture to get an enlargement.

[Ediacara]

1. ....there is no proof beyond....

Sorry but geological processes are going to act the same way on Mars as they are on Earth (generally) so if it looks like a river channel and acts like a rover channel, then it must be.... you guessed it: a river channel.

[plcdude]

2. did you get a pop up

from * after leaving this site. O that makes me mad let's hope it doew others also.

[On the Road]

3. Yes, I Got a Pop-Up

But it was worth it.

Scientific American has a great site, but for some reason it has tons of pop-ups. Doesn't stop me from going there.

[LuLu550]

4. My question is

how are the right wing creationists going to deal with the fact that there may have been life on Mars??? They can't deal with the real age of the earth!

[oneighty]

5. Yeah!

Like maybe the great flood really took place on Mars and earth is the destination of the ark.

180

[kalian]

6. Some of these renderings....

were done with TerraGen.
Truly amazing depictions of what Mars could have been in the past.

[hang a left]

7. Really beautiful. Thanks