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Positive Proof of Water on Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-we-can-put-that-one-to-rest dept.

pauliecronopolis was one of many people that noted that the popular Astronomoy Picture of the Day page has photographic proof of water on mars. It will be a little difficult for those of you who don't have a degree on geology to spot the evidence, but with a little efort, I think you'll be able to make it out.

78 comments

  1. Positive proof of water on mars.. by Kaisum · · Score: 1

    Negative proof of cogent articles on Slashdot.

  2. Thanks. by The+Spoony · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've taken all of the fun out of refreshing the Slashdot homepage every 5 seconds.

    1. Re:Thanks. by Kryxan · · Score: 1

      refresh? dont you use RSS feeds? hmm i guess what would explain why I never get first post, but whats the point?

  3. leh by Xaggroth · · Score: 1

    very nice

    1. Re:leh by Xaggroth · · Score: 1

      no.. positive proof some people need lives.

  4. Proof of boner in my pants! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
  5. Sorry folks...it was me. by GillBates0 · · Score: 1
    Had too much to drink on my way over, and couldn't hold it in no more.

    Sorry to mess up your planet.

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  6. Argh by datafr0g · · Score: 1

    In other stories, Slashdot main man CmdrTaco got very very drunk in front of his computer last night.

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    1. Re:Argh by m50d · · Score: 1

      Last night? Methinks he's doing it right now. Anyway, this has been in BJAODN on WP for years.

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  7. wow by takeya · · Score: 1

    i used a lot of efort and i still couldnt find it.

    kinda interesting joke.

  8. Give it up man by pploco · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nobody reads your crap on normal days.

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  9. At least by HawkingMattress · · Score: 3, Informative

    This one made me laugh

    1. Re:At least by cplusplus · · Score: 1

      I was about the post the same thing. As a long time APOD checker, this one made me chuckle.

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    2. Re:At least by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who modded this informative? Wait...nevermind...probably the most informative thing I've read here all day.

    3. Re:At least by codemachine · · Score: 1

      I'm glad I saw it yesterday before it hit Slashdot, while this April Fool's stuff was remotely amusing.

  10. A bullet to the back of the head by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    would be funnier.

  11. It's true... by _PimpDaddy7_ · · Score: 1

    "It's true, I can vouch for it. See you at the party, Richter!"

    Douglas Quaid/Hauser

  12. Erm, no. by The-Bus · · Score: 2, Informative

    They found Dasani(TM). Precious, thirst-quenching, life-giving Dasani(TM).

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    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

  13. I would have laughed.... by Omnieiunium · · Score: 1

    I would have laughed, but I all ready saw this article. Note to Slashdot. PLEASE STOP... PLEASE.

    1. Re:I would have laughed.... by remove+office · · Score: 1

      don't worry. the next one will be funnier. and if it isnt? there's always hope for the next one, in seven seconds.

  14. Haha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Water on *snickers*

  15. Slashdot idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Good work being morons, I hope you all die in seperate, but equally deadly grease fires.

  16. Other News Smoke Coming Out of Uranus by Fox_1 · · Score: 1

    how much longer til it ends?

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  17. More breaking space news! by caryw · · Score: 1

    The planet Uranus is releasing gas from its atmosphere at an alarming rate! The hubble is capturing a visual which should be available in 365 days.
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  18. Cut the /. april fools crud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Note to self: Ignore all April 1st /. articles.

  19. My bad. by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1

    Water on Mars? Sorry. my bad. I was on my way home from a conference on Yuggoth. I really had to pee bad. I stopped off and used the martian desert as my personal lavatory.

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    1. Re:My bad. by WillAffleck · · Score: 1

      Water on Mars? Sorry. my bad. I was on my way home from a conference on Yuggoth. I really had to pee bad. I stopped off and used the martian desert as my personal lavatory.

      And i thought that i was the only person to do that.

      No wonder we have a problem.

      Guess we'd better pass a law against doing that. Either that or build a rest stop with water recycling no-flow toilets.

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  20. HELP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    MAKE IT STOP

  21. troll face by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    troll alert

  22. April fools.... by rookworm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    April fools' day is supposed to end at noon, at least where I live.

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  23. MacWorld editor on April 1st by bonch · · Score: 0, Informative
    Why I Hate April Fool's Day

    Snippet:
    April Fools Day is an absolute nightmare for a news guy like me, because its become a grand tradition for some companies that use the Internet as one of their primary methods of communication to send out phony press releases announcing products that dont really exist or new services they have no intention of offering. By the end of the day, Im usually shell-shocked at trying to figure out the real stuff from the hoaxes. And I always wake up on this day just a bit gunshy.
    1. Re:MacWorld editor on April 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      I was modbombed by pro-MS trolls, from "excellent" to "terrible" karma in one day. Account ruined

      Trolls don't moderate.

      There is no way you can go from excellent to terrible (negative) karma due to user moderation. Let me explain.

      Because "excellent" karma is == 50, you'd have to have at least 22 different people with 2 mod points to spare each to downmod each of your live posts, ensuring that each post is modded twice by two different people (because you only have 24 live posts). That's impossible. Even here, even among all the people who technically hate your guts.

      The only way this can happen is if someone has a grudge. Someone does, and you were bitchslapped. Again. Learn.

    2. Re:MacWorld editor on April 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Full of shit: Check.

  24. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If there's water on Mars, people can live on Mars....

    Mars is a candy bar...

    so I can live on candy bars! W00T! No more fruits, vegetables, or low fat crap!

  25. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    With even more effort, you might learn to like spell 'n' stuff!!!

    Put a fork in Slashdot, it's done.

  26. Slashdot could learn from this by Microlith · · Score: 0, Troll

    On how to be funny, and actually have a good april fool's joke.

    I can't tell if anything on the page today is serious or not. At least if there was a "no-jokes-past-noon" or jokes-indicated policy it'd be decent...

  27. space advances by ellingswin · · Score: 0

    This further shows the proof of galactial advancement during the Bush presidentcy

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    I lost my karma, last april fools...
    1. Re:space advances by ellingswin · · Score: 0

      I was saying how much of a good job i have done with the presidentcy

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  28. A note to CmdrTaco by antikarma · · Score: 1

    Please remove your hand from the mouse and step away from the computer. To everyone else - Nothing to see here, please move along.

  29. Unhappy with your record, George? by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1
    "proof of galactial advancement during the Bush presidentcy"

    Based on the bad spelling, I can only conclude that this is really George, and he is unhappy with his own "presidenty".

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  30. Yum by bryan8m · · Score: 1

    Chocolate...

  31. sorry this one accually hurt to look at. by neckdeepinspecialsau · · Score: 1

    Yeah where did you get the idea for this? Uranus?

  32. Why cam't Slashdot be this funny? by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 1

    JPL and NASA geeks are funnier than Slashdot nerds.

    I wonder who gets the hotter chicks?

  33. Fucking hell. by RichardX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Roll on April 2nd.

    Am I the only one who's had enough of this today?

    I hereby propose the following catchy new slogan for Slashdot:

    Slashdot. News for Nerds, Stuff That Matters, April The First Driven Into The Fucking Ground, Then Dug Up, Then Nailed Into A Coffin Then Driven Back Into The Fucking Ground Again, Rinse, Repeat Until Everyone's Sick Of It Then Do It A Bunch More Times Just In Case The Joke Isn't Old Yet.

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    1. Re:Fucking hell. by jcuervo · · Score: 1

      From the dead-horses department.

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    2. Re:Fucking hell. by NanoGator · · Score: 1

      "Am I the only one who's had enough of this today?"

      Why are you even coming back to Slashdot today, then?

      Honestly. I'll never understand all this April Fool's day bitching. If you can't take a day off of Slashdot, then you've got a great deal more to bitch about.

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  34. Hey, by trolleri · · Score: 0

    give me a fart joke about uranus, and I'll laugh

  35. Slashdot Editor Missing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just a few hours after posting a dozen boring April Fool's Pranks on /., CmdrTaco has mysteriously disappeared. Slashdot readers all over the world are worried Taco might be back by April 1st, 2006.
    Whoever is hiding Taco in his basement, please keep him there until April 2nd, 2006.

  36. April Fools? by Striker770S · · Score: 1

    i didnt get it until the site recovered from its slashdottedness. Kinda funny, i mean i didnt know there was a mars candy bar... geeze learn something every day.

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  37. fark anybody? by Balaurul · · Score: 1

    Pushing the reality border one inch further, /. posts a cross-site dupe: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink =1426478
    Slashdot becomes more like Fark but whitout boobies and photoshop contests. Which is bad :)

    1. Re:fark anybody? by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 1

      From what I've heard, getting TotalFark is like paying to read Slashdot at -1.

      Brrr...

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  38. To the Moon by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's just hope they don't find any proof of water on the "Moon".

    1. Re:To the Moon by IronicCheese · · Score: 1

      Even worse: ICE on the moon.
      BRRR!

    2. Re:To the Moon by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 1

      As long as it isn't IN the moon it's not too bad.

    3. Re:To the Moon by thephotoman · · Score: 1

      Y'know, if I were a troll, I'd post a link to Tubgirl for that one. But alas, I'm no troll.

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  39. Agreed. by antdude · · Score: 1

    This is probably the best gag ever today I had seen. :)

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  40. I remember... by fat+man+with+a+monke · · Score: 1

    back when "The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!" had a meaning

  41. Bookmark that page by Ilgaz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Serious, its one of the best pages updating daily with REAL astronomy photos. When you click on image, you can get like 1600*1200 wallpapers for free. Pure real images, no stupid filters etc applied.

    I found it by chance like, it was set in my Omniweb browser on OS X.

    "Cool stuff" really.

    Better check previous days to see how "real" thing looks like.

    1. Re:Bookmark that page by Seitakai · · Score: 1

      Sorry to burst your bubble, but "real" space is pretty boring to look at. About 99% of the "Ooooh! Cool!" pictures you see have re-mapped the colors (shade of gray #253 -> HOT RED!), added in starbursts, etc. In a suprising turn of events, most of space is in grey. Not very exciting, and definitely not a good way to get funding, so you can't really blame them for touching up the photos. As a matter of fact, the Hubble doesn't even HAVE a color camera. All of those pretty colors are added to a B&W photo.
      Learn the horrifying truth! ;-)
      http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/co lor_universe_020625-1.html

    2. Re:Bookmark that page by Ilgaz · · Score: 1

      Uhm, I don't have bubble etc to bust. I wanted to inform people that site is worth looking into everyday.

      Also yes, I know space is colorized but at least on that site no stupid lens flair etc effects added.

      If you spent time checking the real site, you would see its like a space encyclopedia giving random info every day.

  42. Looks more like... by Fortran+IV · · Score: 1

    ...a glass of chilled vodka, which could explain a lot today.

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  43. Hugs for everyone. by chavo+valdez · · Score: 1

    For April's sake everybody lighten up. This is my favorite day of the year at slashdot.
    Keep 'em coming guys. You're making my day.

    Oh and I think all you guys that are bitching really need a big hug. Call your Mom down to the basement and spend some quality time with a living human being.

    Is a normal slashdot day really that important to you all?

  44. Too late? by I+Love+this+Company! · · Score: 1

    Ice caps, anyone?

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  45. April 1st- Revenge of the Editors... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and the Editors Strike Back and keep striking until nothing is left but a green and white pulp!

  46. sigh by fullofangst · · Score: 1

    12pm .. 12pm is the CUT OFF for april fools. stop posting already.

  47. Not only.. by blue_adept · · Score: 1

    Not only is there water on mars, if you look closely, you'll see that there's more than one mars!
    Amazing.

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    "Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
  48. Mirror? by Trogre · · Score: 1

    Link dead

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  49. Water water everywhere! by J05H · · Score: 1

    Phunny photo. nasawatch.com had the infamous "Mars Hydro and Marina" picture today.

    There's one problem with this ever-continuing quest for water: The Viking probes confirmed the existence of massive water reserves in the north polar caps. That was 30 years ago. A recently released image, emargoed for a couple of decades, clearly shows Vallis Marineris with dense fogbanks from wall to wall. I think the real question is what are we going to do with all that water?

    image:
    http://sciforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3 999

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  50. Link Broken... by CMan0 · · Score: 1

    The link got switched because it's next day now, the correct one is this

  51. Old Wikipedia BJAODN by dionyziz · · Score: 1

    This used to be in the "Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense" section of Wikipedia for a whole year, so it's not really a new joke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Best_of_BJA ODN%23Water_on_Mars As the image history suggests, the same picture was posted on the 1st of April, 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Water_on_mars.j pg

  52. The real link by p3d0 · · Score: 1

    The picture on the link posted changes every day. Here's the permanent URL of the one referred to:
    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050401.html.

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