At this crater location, Mars looks kind of like some dry areas of Earth.
From SF Gate, 9/2/11. The two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on the plant in
January 2004 on a mission planned to last only three months. Spirit's
wheels got stuck on a sand patch more than two years ago and has fallen
silent, but Opportunity's six wheels have carried it more than 20 miles
from its original landing site. It has found evidence that many rocks
contain minerals like iron oxide - ordinary rust to everyone on Earth -
which must surely mean Mars once had plentiful water and may still. Read more...
3 comments:
Managed retreat?
Is that Mori Point?
Great article. Thanks for posting.
Carl (712), maybe they got the Mars picture confused with the city council appointed Climate Action Task Force projected plan for Sharp Park. No sea wall, no houses, no golf course, no highway. Total erosion, flooding and swept out-to-sea-- as Mike said "managed retreat".
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