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Close Mars Means Close-Up Pictures

Posted by timothy on from the from-below-and-above dept.

Guttata writes " space.com has posted 1 of 2 images taken by Hubble last night, dubbed the best Mars globe photo ever taken. The second image will be posted at 4 p.m. ET. Cool!" aderuwe points to a report on the Hubble site itself. Finally, dpp writes "Space.com is reporting how astronomers using the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) here at the Joint Astronomy Centre have made what are thought to be the sharpest ground-based images of Mars to date. They'll be studying the spectra of the infrared light to look for the signatures of minerals that would indicate the past presence of liquid water, which could have hosted life."

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  1. Re:Search for life in Europa instead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there.

    Man, don't you pay attention?

  2. Re:post processing? by metallikop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fire up Photoshop, Filter / Sharpen, repeat as necessary.

  3. dammit by jwjcmw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like this caption better.

  4. Re:Search for life in Europa instead by CausticWindow · · Score: 3, Funny

    That depends on if you're searching for intelligent life or not.

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  5. From the article: by RealityProphet · · Score: 4, Funny
    The south polar ice cap is currently melting and shrinking in size...

    Oh my God! This global warming epidemic is contagious!

  6. The next step by not_a_george · · Score: 3, Funny

    before we go probing around, we need to follow the (updated as of 2000) natural progression for visiting other planets
    1)if planet may contain life
    2)wait for Mcdonalds to build thier first mars location
    3)???
    4)colonize!

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  7. Mission to Mars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If we could send up a probe with WiFi, and establish a P2P music download site there, I'm pretty sure the RIAA would have a man on Mars within the year to serve subpenas.

  8. Re:Search for life in Europa instead by PD · · Score: 3, Funny

    You young kids are so cute when you say things like that!

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  9. Huge staplers live on mars?! by kaltkalt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was looking at the large, detailed mars pic on the linked site and low and behold, a huge, living stapler with some english words growing on its side appeared and started to stomp around on the planet. I, for one, welcome our new stapler overlords.

    Wait, what's that you say? It was just a tacky, utterly-annoying pop-up advertisement hopping around on my computer screen? Oh. Fuck them then.

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  10. Re:See The Blue Atmosphere? by Razor+Blades+are+Not · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is from the same people who bring you the secret connection between Star Wars Episode I and Mars.

    don't forget those strange anomalies like animals on the pathfinder mission.

    yeah. ok.