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Related: About this forumNoMoreWarNow
(1,259 posts)how come we don't have such photos from the moon?
Or have I just never seen them?
flyingfysh
(1,990 posts)The Apollo astronauts were never on the moon during a lunar night, they were always there during lunar daytime. The sunlight reflecting off the soil and rocks would have been much brighter than the visible stars.
NoMoreWarNow
(1,259 posts)and had the right light settings.
Further, why couldn't an unmanned probe get sky shots from the moon?
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Well, if there were water, I would.
-- Mal
jimlup
(7,968 posts)Or at least there was water billions of years ago.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)we need both a spaceship AND a time machine???
Jeez!
bananas
(27,509 posts)A lot of Mars surface is frozen mud, and deeper underground it's liquid water.
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We have found places where water flowed out of the underground water table and down the slopes of craters within the past 10 years. Indeed, we have detected methane emissions characteristic of subterranean microbial life emerging from vents in the Martian surface. These are either the signatures of Martian life or the proof of subsurface hydrothermal environments fully suitable for life.
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-29/opinion/zubrin.mars_1_martian-life-martian-surface-red-planet
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)....sure the sky is a white mess.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Like being on a really tall Mountain, with no light pollution.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)Awesome view!!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Amazing pic, thanks for posting..
xocet
(3,872 posts)Do you happen to have a NASA or ESA url for it?
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)Apparently Squyres has expessed a desire to try a night photo:
Which led to this remark ...
http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/ (way down -- use Find on "Milky" .
This has apparently never been released as an official photo by NASA, which I think it would be if authentic.