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Mars Volcanoes May Still Erupt

Posted by samzenpus on from the send-joe dept.

Q3vi1 writes "Space. com reports, Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought."

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  1. Recent activity.... by grahamsz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Volcanic eruptions have happened in the last 4 million years....

    That's only about 15 iterations "emerge kde" on my gentoo laptop :)

    1. Re:Recent activity.... by lachlan76 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Still not as long as an "emerge openoffice" though ;)

  2. Real reasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    1.The Great Machine has awakened and is starting the terraforming process.

    2.Didn't you folks play Doom3? Hello Hellgate.

  3. babys bottoms by barnseyboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Regions that are smooth as a baby's bottom must have been "resurfaced" recently, in geologist's parlance."

    My babies bottom is typically surfaced in an unidentifiable brown pitted substance, and is far from smooth.

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  4. mars is not dead by Ambient_Developer · · Score: 3, Funny

    So where are the little green men?

  5. Oh shit... by DarkHelmet · · Score: 3, Funny

    There goes the planet...

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  6. Re:Okay... by OverlordQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Erm weren't we supposed to stay away from Europa? All the rest of them are our's and that whole bit?

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  7. doom3 ! by phreakv6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mars Volcanoes May Still Erupt

    so beware when u play doom3 !

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