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Planish

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on: June 17, 2008, 03:14:46 AM
Most recently reported conditions:
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Sunny
temperature high: -26 C
temperature low: -82
pressure: 8.35 millibars
wind: 14 km/h from the southwest
visibility: Fair
Guess where.  ???

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Reply #1 on: June 17, 2008, 03:26:56 AM
The martian poles are lovely this time of year.

Hope that Phoenix is enjoying them!


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Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 05:06:01 AM
aww i was guessing hell froze over... damn so much for my chance with that chick i met yesterday...

I'd like to hear my options, so I could weigh them, what do you say?
Five pounds?  Six pounds? Seven pounds?

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Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 06:28:38 AM
Ha... Until I saw the low, I was thinking "Oh look, it's February."
There was an article in the paper today about people in Edmonton not taking proper advantage of winter... But it's June! So I was outside and didn't finish reading it!
That said, Mars would be amazing, as long as you had proper gear. Think of the tobogganing.

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Reply #4 on: June 17, 2008, 06:56:00 AM
Quote from: lieffeil on June 17, 2008, 06:28:38 AM
That said, Mars would be amazing, as long as you had proper gear. Think of the tobogganing.

I think you're sort of neglecting the "no atmospheric water" part of the equation.


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Reply #5 on: June 17, 2008, 07:05:17 AM
Quote from: eytanz on June 17, 2008, 06:56:00 AM
Quote from: lieffeil on June 17, 2008, 06:28:38 AM
That said, Mars would be amazing, as long as you had proper gear. Think of the tobogganing.

I think you're sort of neglecting the "no atmospheric water" part of the equation.

Who said anything about snow? It's a northern prairie reality that tobogganing can occur on any surface. That's part of the glory. It's no good unless you can get gravel-ripped. ;)

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Reply #6 on: June 17, 2008, 09:14:13 AM
I was amzed when I heard that Phoenix will be covered with over 2 meteres of frozon co2 this winter.


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Reply #7 on: June 17, 2008, 12:57:26 PM
I don't know about Mars, but I'd settle for DC summer thunderstorms not knocking out power at my house for the second time in two weeks.

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Reply #8 on: June 17, 2008, 01:20:14 PM
Quote from: Russell Nash on June 17, 2008, 09:14:13 AM
I was amzed when I heard that Phoenix will be covered with over 2 meteres of frozon co2 this winter.

Yeah, they are going to try to call it next spring when it thaws out but they figure there will be no chance it will be "alive", they are expecting the batteries and some other parts to break as the ice encases it.   It would be cool to see a time lapse of that event. 

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.    -  Carl Sagan

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Reply #9 on: June 17, 2008, 09:39:58 PM
Quote from: Ocicat on June 17, 2008, 03:26:56 AM
The martian poles are lovely this time of year.

Hope that Phoenix is enjoying them!
Aye, you have the right of it.
http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/exploration/phoenix_weather1.asp

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Reply #10 on: November 11, 2008, 11:53:01 AM
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