Comments on: Austrian Space Forum Dispatches Mars Mission to Morocco! https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/04/austria-space-forum-mars-mission-morocco/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: JTR https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/04/austria-space-forum-mars-mission-morocco/#comment-102859 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:08:37 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=92284#comment-102859 There’s some iron in almost all soils. Does the Sahara appear as red from space as planet Mars? If so that’s news to me.

]]> By: Tafline Laylin https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/04/austria-space-forum-mars-mission-morocco/#comment-102853 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:24:51 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=92284#comment-102853 In reply to JTR.

JTR, you only have to take one look at the pictures accompanying this post to notice that there is iron in the Sahara desert.

]]> By: JTR https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/04/austria-space-forum-mars-mission-morocco/#comment-102850 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:10:31 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=92284#comment-102850 Planet Mars is red because the soil is saturated with iron oxide (rust). How did that happen? Here on Earth the Sahara Desert is covered with sand, no rust, so it is not red.

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