Posted to sci.astro: From: "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark> Newsgroups: sci.astro,alt.sci.planetary,sci.geo.meteorology,sci.physics Subject: Dense fogs in Valles Marineris Mars. Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:56:10 -0800 Presentations from the First Mars Express conference held in February are available here: First Mars Express Conference Presentations. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=36537 These reports are longer than the 2-page abstracts seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, some over 30 pages long. A great image of dense fog in Valles Marineris is shown in this report: Reflectance of fog in Valles Marineris. A. Inada http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=36724 And this report has a beautiful full-color image of this very dense fog: Adsorption water driven processes on Mars. D. Möhlmann http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=36779 This article speculates on how adsorbed layers of water might be used by microbes on Mars. Valles Marineris is both low altitude and low latitude so should be within the pressure and temperature range to permit liquid water for this fog close to the surface. cf., From: Robert Clark (rgregoryclark@yahoo.com) Subject: Supercooled liquid water can occur in clouds below 0 degrees C. Newsgroups: sci.astro, alt.sci.planetary, sci.geo.meteorology, sci.geo.geology, sci.geo.mineralogy Date: 2004-07-30 06:53:02 PST http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?th=5bba314873613fde& Bob Clark
Here is the full-color image from Mars Express of the dense fogs over Marineris: http://sciforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3999 Bob Clark
These are clear images of the Martain fog. It would appear that we are almost on the surface. To all those who have made this possible may we thank them with: Good Job! Well Done! Such a magnificent accomplishment!!! Paul W. Dixon Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Wow, that is some really thick fog. I didn't think there was enough moisture in the atmosphere to allow fog? I thought there was just the odd small cloud.
I don't know if there is any micobial life on mars... but with fog like that, I am sure we could engineer something.