Thursday, October 21, 2010

Martian rocks may have names,thanks to the scientists of NASA's Pathfinder mission, which landed on the red planet and sent back 16,000 images. Other names include Yogi, Booboo, Poptart, and Jazzy. Mars gets as hot as 24 degrees Farenheit, but before you pack your bags, you should know that it's thin atmosphere is mostly Carbon Dioxide.
Full panorama below

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yiiPzeRfNBQ/TI85RHzX3KI/AAAAAAAAAcU/hTEwuPEwwVo/s0/mars_rock_names_v2.jpg

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm more gung-ho about going to Titan myself. :) Who needs to breathe, really?

Kelly Polark said...

There must be some named Elmo, Spongebob or Scooby Doo somewhere on there too!

Douglas Florian said...

Actually there is a rock named Scooby Doo, as well as a Wallace, Grommit, Calvin, Hobbs, Casper, rye bread,Gumby, and Goldilocks. See the full panorama below

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yiiPzeRfNBQ/TI85RHzX3KI/AAAAAAAAAcU/hTEwuPEwwVo/s0/mars_rock_names_v2.jpg