bensozia: Curiosity's Mars

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Sunset

Mount Sharp. Some of these images are pretty big, and if you click on one you can get a better sense of what it would be like to stand on Mars.

Namib Dune

Distant hills

Dunes

G. Verloren said...: I find it strange that so many people romanticize such a desolate waste.; January 20, 2016 at 11:04 AM
leif said...: really? romanticism is so often bedfellows with a deep dissatisfaction with one's environment, that the ongoing calls to visit, and grr, colonize, don't surprise me at all. romanticism also often accompanies a certain ignorance of the idealized object: let 'em go there and find out what perchlorates do to our species, if the one-way trip doesn't do it first.; January 20, 2016 at 10:41 PM
John said...: There has long been a romantic love of desert places here on earth, especially among the elites of crowded, damp places like England and Germany.; January 21, 2016 at 7:19 AM
Anonymous said...: I think it's pretty cool that we can look at the Martian landscape. I mean, Mars has, you know, SUNSETS! That's one, right there! Just the simple existence of light on another world catches my imagination.

I also like looking at deserts, but I'm quite satisfied with my damp, crowded environment, and I like looking at damp, crowded landscapes too.; January 21, 2016 at 9:33 PM

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