NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Looks Back on Murray Buttes (360 View)

[yuiyoshida]

USE your cursor to scan the image in a 360 degrees. Can look up and down as well. Have fun!

[ffr]

1. I don't get the fascination with being a human on Mars.

I get the exploring aspect, but the living aspect I totally don't get. It wouldn't even be as hospitable as Antarctica. It's colder, drier and completely lacks oxygen and water. And what about radiation!

Nice to wonder and ponder about from our vantage point here on the beautiful unique blue marble in space called Earth. Thanks Curiosity!

[Warren DeMontague]

4. One thing it has over Antarctica, at least near the eqautor, is a normal almost 24hr day/night cycle

And actually, the temperatures can be a bit warmer too.

http://www.space.com/16907-what-is-the-temperature-of-mars.html

A summer day on Mars may get up to 70 degrees F (20 degrees C) near the equator, but at night the temperature can plummet to about minus 100 degrees F (minus 73 C).

[NBachers]

2. That Upper Mount Sharp sure looks like sedimentary rock to me.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. There's definitely sedimentary rock all over the place.

It's fucking cool to see, and grok the implications.