Blue, Not Red: Did Ancient Mars Look Like This?

astroengine writes "Using elevation data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, software engineer Kevin Gill was inspired to create a virtual version of the red planet with a difference. 'I had been doing similar models of Earth and have seen attempts by others of showing life on Mars, so I figured I'd give it a go,' Gill told Discovery News. 'It was a good way to learn about the planet, be creative and improve the software I was rendering it in.' He included oceans, lakes, clouds and a biosphere — a view of a hypothetical ancient Mars that looks wonderfully like home."

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"Wonderfully homely"

[Ol Biscuitbarrel]

So the typical Martian was one ugly motherfucker, then? "Ain't got time to bleed!"

Props for realizing that a Mars covered with water would be blue, too. Such insight!