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Old 20-August-2007, 06:35 AM
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To treat the American people like mushrooms and ask them to follow along behind the piper is not how it is done here.
I would like to point out here that, many people globally utilise the resources that NASA freely provide. I have always found that NASA's resouerces to be honest, and can readily in some cases supported by other observations.

I just showed that picture to my students - and I agree with them - it appears to be dunes and other aeolian features - can't see any water.

By the way, I am a qualified climatologist and agree with Van Rijn's statement earlier in the thread:

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. . with freezing ground temperature and air temperature usually at freezing or (sometimes) boiling temperature, with only a brief window during some summer days of a "just right" temperature. As I pointed out in a prior post here, and in other posts in other threads, that would not be conducive to bodies of liquid surface water existing for extended periods.
further stated by many other members here. (and no, I am not saying that due to consensus)
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