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Originally Posted by Dfrank
Grand lunar,
The average pressure on mars is 7 mb. I have not been able to find any surface pressure data at the rover site. I will include a link on this post to the Viking one and two landing sites.
The pressure in these areas were between 6.7 mb and 10.2 mb year round. Well above the triple point.
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/loca...teorology.html
There is still hope.
dfrank |
We're not talking about an image from Viking 1 or 2. This is an image from Oppurtunity.
Also, temperature plays a role too.
You're saying this discoloration may be water, but you still do not say why this is.
Here's what we know so far:
This is a false color image.
There is discoloration.
Now, what we don't is what filters were selected for the false color image. This is important in interpreting how to view this image.
The most likely senerio is that the filters are set up and assigned colors to make certain minerals stand out.
Why does this not occur to you?