[meteorite-list] Why Mars Appears Red?
From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:14 2004 Message-ID: <004a01c15ff8$03f376e0$eed93fd0_at_cc516468a> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C15FCE.176B6360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone, Recently, the list discussed the topic of why mars appears red via = telescopic and visual observation yet our Martian meteoritres are not = red. Of course, we know that Mars is covered with a layer of oxidized = dust, which makes it appear red. I am searching the NASA sites in search of images of asteroids and = meteors and I found the following collection of images which = dramatically illustrate this phenomenon. Here is the URL (from the = NSSDC site): http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-mars.html Look under the category "Surface Views," particularly the first and = fourth images. Best wishes, -Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C15FCE.176B6360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Recently, the list discussed the topic = of why mars=20 appears red via telescopic and visual observation yet our Martian = meteoritres=20 are not red. Of course, we know that Mars is covered with a layer = of=20 oxidized dust, which makes it appear red.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am searching the NASA sites in search = of images=20 of asteroids and meteors and I found the following collection of images = which=20 dramatically illustrate this phenomenon. Here is the URL (from the = NSSDC=20 site):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-mars.html">= http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-mars.html</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Look under the category "Surface = Views,"=20 particularly the first and fourth images.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter</FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR>Walter = Branch,=20 Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B<BR>Savannah, = GA =20 31405 USA<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C15FCE.176B6360-- Received on Sun 28 Oct 2001 04:32:10 PM PST |
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