Podcaster: Rob Sparks and Dr. Meg Schwamb
Title: Martian Spiders
Organization: NOAO
Links: www.noao.edu ; @NOAONorth; www.facebook.com/USNOAO
https://www.zooniverse.org/ https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mschwamb/planet-four-terrains
Gemini Observatory Podcast: https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/2015/01/10/jan-10th-the-gemini-observatory/
Description: Astronomers discovered these mysterious structures called spiders on the south polar region of Mars. In this podcast, Gemini astronomer Meg Schwamb describes how a citizen science project at Zooniverse helped astronomers learn more about Martian spiders.
Bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the Education and Public Outreach (EPO) group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and works on the Galileoscope project (www.galileoscope.org), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He blogs at halfastro.wordpress.com. You can see his photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro
Dr. Meg Schwamb is an assistant scientist at Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii.
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