by Pamela | Mar 15, 2008 | Astronomy, Planets
Here are summaries of a few brief stories that combine Earth data and elsewhere data to get neat understandings of other worlds 1) Carrizozo Lava Flow (image: Google): Looking at Mars, we keep finding beautify lava flows that stream across the surface and end in...
by Pamela | Mar 15, 2008 | Astronomy, Planets
When someone feels comfortable making such a pointed statement in their openning remarks, I just have to quote them and blog them. In this talk on mars historic river systems, Ted Maxwell presented a visually stunning story rich with labeled MOC images. This is a...
by Pamela | Mar 15, 2008 | Personal
We hit the last day of the meeting and I have something like 20 pages of notes to turn into blog posts. Unlike at astronomy meetings, I can’t write the blog post while listening to a lot of the talks. I’m taking notes, poring through imagery, and then...
by Pamela | Mar 14, 2008 | Personal
One of the themes that constantly crops up in papers on Mars is water. Did it exist? If it did, is it responsible or is something else responsible for the gullies, deltas, valleys, and other features that look like (and are thus named like) formations here on Earth....
by Pamela | Mar 13, 2008 | Personal
This subject is best described in one word: Pretty. Case in Point (from HiRISE): Scientifically, that one word explanation and picture, however, really don’t quite cut it. Nonetheless, the session started with a pretty picture show. I’m kind of frustrated...
