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

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 3, 2013 @09:12PM from the possible-past dept.

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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I see where this is going by Dunbal · 2013-01-04 03:58 · Score: -1, Troll

Mars has a primarily CO2 atmosphere. Mars is now a dead planet. How long until people start claiming than unless you pay your CO2 tax, the Earth will turn into Mars?

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