Mars Rover Blog and Forum

Muddy Mars

Barsoomer — 2009-11-05T20:00:46-05:00

Proposes that Martian gullies are carved by mud flows rather than by water.

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(Ei & ISTP indexed) Environment Conf Submission extended to Nov 20.

yihen — 2009-11-05T01:15:36-05:00

(Ei & ISTP indexed) Environment Conf Submission extended to Nov 20.

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Int'l conf. on Environmental Pollution and Public Health (EPPH2010) http://www.icbbe.org/epph2010
Chengdu, China June 21-23, 2010
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Topics:

1. Water quality and public health
2. Air pollution and public health
3. Other related issues

All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP.

EPPH Organizing Committee
epph@icbbe.org

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(Ei & ISTP indexed) Environment Conf Submission extended to Nov 20.

yihen — 2009-11-05T01:15:36-05:00

(Ei & ISTP indexed) Environment Conf Submission extended to Nov 20.

1. Water quality and public health
2. Air pollution and public health
3. Other related issues

All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP.

EPPH Organizing Committee
epph@icbbe.org

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(Ei & ISTP indexed) iCBBE Conf. Submission Extended to Nov. 20, 2009

2009-11-05T01:12:43-05:00

(Ei & ISTP indexed) iCBBE Conf. Submission Extended to Nov. 20, 2009

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Int'l conf. on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2010)
http://www.icbbe.org
Chengdu, China June 18-20, 2010
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Within iCBBE2010 there are 4 special sessions:

1. Environmental Pollution and Public Health（EPPH）
2. Biomathematics and Biostatistics
3. Biomedical Imaging
4. Cancer Studies

All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP.

iCBBE Organizing Committee
submit@icbbe.org

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(Ei & ISTP indexed) Environment Conf Submission extended to Nov 20.

yihen — 2009-11-03T21:47:13-05:00

(Ei & ISTP indexed) Environment Conf Submission extended to Nov 20.

1. Water quality and public health
2. Air pollution and public health
3. Other related issues

All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP.

EPPH Organizing Committee
epph@icbbe.org

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(Ei & ISTP indexed) iCBBE Conf. Submission Extended to Nov. 20, 2009

yihen — 2009-11-03T21:46:49-05:00

(Ei & ISTP indexed) iCBBE Conf. Submission Extended to Nov. 20, 2009

1. Environmental Pollution and Public Health（EPPH）
2. Biomathematics and Biostatistics
3. Biomedical Imaging
4. Cancer Studies

All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP.

iCBBE Organizing Committee
submit@icbbe.org

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(Ei & ISTP indexed) iCBBE Conf. Submission Extended to Nov. 20, 2009

yihen — 2009-11-03T21:45:21-05:00

(Ei & ISTP indexed) iCBBE Conf. Submission Extended to Nov. 20, 2009

1. Environmental Pollution and Public Health（EPPH）
2. Biomathematics and Biostatistics
3. Biomedical Imaging
4. Cancer Studies

All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP.

iCBBE Organizing Committee
submit@icbbe.org

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Cones_to_Pits:The_Fluted_radial_patterns_in_ESP_01444_9835

1277733343 — 2009-11-03T15:04:25-05:00

I find the patterns viewable in the HiRISE image, ESP_01444_0935 so important as to make a topic on the image, and study the patterns as they are possibly related to active fans in the south polar ice layered terrain of Mars.

These images are enlarged at least to 4x, or larger, and the fluted marked circular cones or mounds, are steep, the most elevated of the features seen at the crest of the small ridge, and below the central lowest blue square are two pits which appear to be depressed fluted elongate general circular features related to the raised cones.
Is there a person with some experience in resolving the processes and sunlight activity relationship in these details?
Are these a CO2 related core of other larger circular mounds we see in the polar regions?
Are these a type of active fan which does not show the dark fan characteristics when active?
Are these seen in the other regions of Mars?
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The pits are not deep, but are recessed below the common ground elevation at each, and appear to have some amount of fluting to the relatively even sloped sides.
The marked mounds or cones, have well defined fluted sides to the slopes, and are the items of greatest elevation in the scene. Even the sunlit bright cone has not declined in stature in appearance, although it is next to the two pits. What activity would be present other than ice lodes subliming to the atmosphere in this cold scene?
Are these layered features the product of deposition of ice and dust? Can the ice repeatedly erode the layers, altering the terrain, while not affecting the entire scene in elevation reduction? Is this a current and ongoing active geology erosion alteration process of both buildup and erosion during each season? The longer fluted or layered patterns are overlain by a multiple overlapping of patterns which are containing these cones and pits. Which is the longer surviving patterns, the larger overview, or, the mounds with bright peaks?
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Could WE find the rock?

John — 2009-11-03T00:24:56-05:00

It has been written by Serpens that the rock Spirit is hung up on is wedge shaped, not pointed. I went back to about Sol 1860 and tried to find what rock Spirit is stuck on. My eyes are burning now from strain. If Serpens is correct about the wedge shape, and not a pointed rock, where did the information come from? I'd love to see the rock in an image taken before we got stuck. Think we could find it hiding in those images around Sol 1860?

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Robots Take Mars in Stride

1277733343 — 2009-11-01T00:05:52-05:00

Not far in the future, we will be exploring various planets and moons with less encumbrance and more autonomy than the current generation MER and MSL wheeled 'carts'. A robot society could fulfill much of the cataloging required.
Small or large devices may give us planetary video exploration daily for public spectacles equal to the best Earth based programs.

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Wind

Stan — 2009-10-26T03:53:11-05:00

I have a general question about the wind on Mars. There has been much talk about wind erosion and ripples and dunes caused by wind.
Since the air pressure on Mars is only 1/100th of that on Earth, it would seem that it would take an enormous wind to move a grain of sand. Does anyone know what the wind speeds are like? We have seen dust devils, and "red outs" that stir things up pretty good.

Stan

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The Plants of Mars, Part 2

artifactsofmars — 2009-10-24T08:08:05-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7yyKfQLFg
A fast paced expose, including small seedlings, obvious mosses and microscopic images.

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ESP_011844_1855 - icy/muddy terrain and flow features possibly

MPJ — 2009-10-23T08:37:11-05:00

HiRISE ESP_011844_1855 is quite an interesting observation featering a portion of southwest Arabia Terra (one of the areas with regional methane and water vapor concentrations). The lower plains showing some nice small scale fresh rampart craters suggesting ice or even mud very near the surface. Also there seems to be some horizontal flow like features in the second cutout among another rampart crater.

50% zoom RGB (illumination from right to left - south up):
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv202/marsphotojournal/ESP_011844_1855_RGBNOMAPJP2_rampart.jpg

50% zoom RGB (illumination from right to left - south up):
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv202/marsphotojournal/ESP_011844_1855_RGBNOMAPJP2_ramp-1.jpg

Maybe this observation is worth a closer inspection :-)

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IEEE international conference call for papers(iCBBE2010) hz

yihen — 2009-10-22T22:46:54-05:00

CFP: ICBBE 2010 (Bioinformatics and Biomedical Eng.) (EI Indexed)
Call for Paper: Intl’Conf on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (EI Indexed)
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The 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE 2010)
CALL FOR PAPERS
http://www.icbbe.org/2010/
Chengdu, China June 18-20, 2010
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The technical areas to be covered in this conference include:

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Biomedical Engineering

Special Sessions:
The Special Session on Biomedical Imaging
The Special Session on Biomathematics and Biostatistics
The Special Session on Cancer Studies

The deadline of full paper submission is Oct. 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance will be given by Dec. 31, 2009

For more information about this conference, please contact: submit@icbbe.org

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metamaterial rings efficiently absorbs microwave radiation

1277733343 — 2009-10-21T15:30:56-05:00

A new topic of research, from the last quarter of the twentieth century, with slow development to possible practical applications in instrumentation, both on Earth, and in robotic and manned spaceflight equipment.
A general account of energy re-direction to a novel and currently unused path. Lots of general imagined uses for the current century science community. We may be cooking and looking with devices built from related concept materials. We may also be computing with them soon.
A scientific American alert link for your sourcing of the real research by a few of the researchers listed and linked.
Can these concepts apply to activity on Mars by materials found there?

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What? No plants on Mars?

artifactsofmars — 2009-10-20T22:08:24-05:00

http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/098/1P136889717EFF2002P2561L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg

I did not need to see the green to know I was looking at plants, as I recognized the growth patterns. There is MUCH more where this true color photo comes from. Unless you want to say that planet is packed with emeralds I suggest we dispense with any arguments on the point.

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ICBBE2010 Special Session on Cancer Studies（Ei & ISTP Indexed）hz

yihen — 2009-10-20T21:42:08-05:00

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The Special Session on Cancer Studies
Ei & ISTP Indexed
CALL FOR PAPERS
http://www.icbbe.org/2010/Cancer.aspx
Chengdu, China June 18-20, 2010
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This session on Cancer Studies is a special session within the 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2010).All papers accepted will be indexed by Ei Compendex and ISTP. You are welcome to submit papers to us.

The topics of this special session are related in the fields as follows:

Pharmaceutical & medical therapy development
Latest technology in cancer detection and treatment
Target identification & validation
Cancer treatment—Integrated Medicine
Scientific advances in prevention & diagnosis
Principles of cancer biology
Cancer genes and genomics
Biomarkers discovery
Cancer etiology

The deadline of full paper submission is Oct. 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance will be given by Dec. 31, 2009

For more information, please contact: submit@icbbe.org

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ICBBE2010 Special Session on Cancer Studies（Ei & ISTP Indexed）hz

yihen — 2009-10-20T21:41:42-05:00

The deadline of full paper submission is Oct. 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance will be given by Dec. 31, 2009

For more information, please contact: submit@icbbe.org

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yihen — 2009-10-20T21:40:49-05:00

The technical areas to be covered in this conference include:

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Biomedical Engineering

Special Sessions:
The Special Session on Biomedical Imaging
The Special Session on Biomathematics and Biostatistics
The Special Session on Cancer Studies

The deadline of full paper submission is Oct. 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance will be given by Dec. 31, 2009

For more information about this conference, please contact: submit@icbbe.org

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Greatest swindle ever or mind control?

artifactsofmars — 2009-10-19T23:19:03-05:00

Well I working on trying to figure out how and why so many folks can look at these pictures, have objects pointed out to them time and time again, and come up with the same tired explanation: It's a rock.
I therefore am considering three ideas about this:
1. There are an incredible number of liars out there who see the buildings, the tunnels, the plants and so forth and deny it.
2. People are incredibly guillible, falling for the flimsy hoax that Mars was never inhabited, a hoax based upon a few (?) square miles of real estate.
3. Some form of mind control is at work on the general public that a few have escaped. Maybe too many people just are not conditioned to think for themselves.

So what do you believers think? Have people been brainwashed, or are there just an incredible number of liars out there? :evil:

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The microscopic images-- moss?

artifactsofmars — 2009-10-17T22:46:24-05:00

Hello,
I stumbled upon this forum while looking for information on the rover microscopic images. I have noticed some fibers in the photos and did some searches. I now know what Pele's hair is, for example.
Still I see small plants frquently in the photos, generally mosses and ground covers. I have four years of horticulture under my belt, and some of the microscopic images seem to show mosses. I am looking for comments pro and con on that.
For example, Spirit sol 228 shows outrageous fibers that definitely look like moss.
One more thing: If anyone is thinking about dissuading me from believing that there are artifacts in the photos, you will waste your time. I have seen far too many objects to believe this "It's a rock" nonsense. I am not trying to bring attitude here, but I am merely explaining where I stand. There are artifacts and structures in many of these photos. If you don't think I should believe (or say that) then you may as well use a squirt gun to put out a forest fire. :twisted:

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What is this Chinese S.H.I.T

John — 2009-10-08T04:16:55-05:00

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Mars vs Venus Atmosphere

DH — 2009-10-02T00:01:53-05:00

Venus and Mars both have an atmosphere comprised of mostly 95% CO2 and both planets have no Magnetosphere. Venus has a relatively thick atmosphere and Mars has a relatively thin atmosphere.

Both planets are pelted by radiation and Solar Flares.

Why the Disparity in the Atmosphere thickness?

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Waking up Phoenix

SteveC — 2009-09-28T08:17:02-05:00

Hi all,

Just out of interest, what are the chances of the Phoenix lander 'waking up' once the land around it thaws? Are JPL even going to listen incase it reboots spontaneously in the sunlight?

Cheers,
Steve

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Earth - The Red Planet

hortonheardawho — 2009-09-26T12:11:47-05:00

A great dust storm in Australia on Sep 23, 2009 turned Sydney into a Martian landscape.

Here is a collection of photographs.

My favorite was this one:

which I converted to a "color by horticolor" image to illustrate what I believe is the difference between what a camera sees and what a human visual system sees.

An image "out of the camera" is rarely the "best" image.

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