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    Frosty on Mars

    Caught a news clip on frost forming on Opportunity's Sundial
    courtesy of RedNova
    As the evidence for past martian water becomes stronger, what can be said about the hydrology today on the red planet? Looking for images showing weather on Mars requires some patience, but one may have to look no further than the rovers themselves to see what a cold, martian morning might bring.The presence of the frost is most clearly seen on the post in the center of the target, particularly when compared with the unsegmented outer ring of the target, which is white. The post is normally black. For comparison, note the difference in appearance in the image on the right, taken about three hours later, after the frost had dissipated. Frost has not been observed at Spirit, where the amount of atmospheric water vapor is observed to be appreciably lower.
    Full Article here-
    http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=112655

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    This news was discussed here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frogesque
    This news was discussed here.
    Thanks for setting me straight. I will try to do better at scanning the threads before I post news. Now I just gotta get my opinion posts in the right forum and I'll be set!

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    No Probs. On BA you may see the expression 'Youv'e been ToSeeked' with a link.

    It means that someone else (Usually ToSeek, BAs #1 poster) has beaten you to it. Happens to all of us at sometime, ToSeek even ToSeeked himself once IRRC.

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    Since I don't know how to make this post go away lets call it closed

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