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55 10 2004 7:55PM
you know, i read something in the paper about this a while ago. i don't know if anyone has mentioned this here in relation to this topic, but has anyone considered that mars looks different at different times of the day? look out your window. will the colors outside be the same in 12 hours? probably not. mars does rotate and revolve around the sun and it's own axis, just like earth. i'm not saying this fully explains the colors in the mars photos, but it's something to think about, assuming it hasn't been mentioned here before and disproved.
14 10 2004 8:14PM
See my comment last month, were all this was explained.
15 10 2004 8:15PM
... and here is the missing 'h'
32 11 2004 2:32PM
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41 11 2004 4:41PM
thanks alex! I was actually looking for this after i found it once before.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
bob09 10 2004 7:09PM
just as a refresher, here's what mars actually looks like. (complete with the mysterious golfball photo)