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Looking at a Martian Aurora Borealis

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the northern-lights dept.

mike_1138 writes "According to new research, 'The Martian auroras differ from those on Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune...' I've seen the Borealis here on Earth, and they're beautiful. I can't imagine what they must look like in a Martian night."

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  1. Oh. Great. by soupdevil · · Score: 5, Funny

    New Slashdot category -- things we can't imagine...

  2. The Martian auroras differ... by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


    Of course they're different...the Martians are causing them to strobe out the message 'Keep your junk off our planet'.

    Too bad no one on Earth understands Martian Morse code...

    ^_^

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    1. Re:The Martian auroras differ... by 77Punker · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, Martians prefer to beam messages directly into our brains or abduct us to tell us personally, which is why I use a thought screen. http://www.stopabductions.com/

  3. I can't imagine what they must look like on Mars by syntap · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune either I assume.

  4. I've found that auroras on Uranus... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...burn more.

  5. Maybe once, then I'd sleep in by smchris · · Score: 4, Funny


    It's hard enough to get me out for this sort of thing when it's 0F. At -100F, it better be REALLY, REALLY pretty.

  6. Imagination is a nice thing... by NitsujTPU · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't imagine what they must look like in a Martian night

    I can't either. They should take a picture of it.

  7. I can't imagine what they look like on Mars... by Justifiable_Delusion · · Score: 2, Funny

    well...you could look at the pictures...those help. :-)

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    Mad, adj : Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. Ambrose Bierce - The Deveil's Dictionsary
  8. Oblig. Futurama Reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fry: Did you build the Smelloscope?

    Prof. Farnsworth: No, I remembered that I'd built one last year. Go ahead, try it. You'll find that every heavenly body has its own particular scent. Here, I'll point it at Jupiter.

    Fry: Smells like strawberries.

    Prof. Farnsworth: Exactly. And now, now Saturn.

    Fry: Pine needles. Oh, man, this is great... hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus.

    Leela: I don't get it.

    Prof. Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.

    Fry: Oh. What's it called now?

    Prof. Farnsworth: Urrectum. Here, let me locate it for you.

  9. ob Simpson's by po_boy · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's nothing. I've had them localized entirely within my kitchen.