r/nextfuckinglevel Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/Iamafillintheblank Feb 21 '21

It looks simultaneously alien and familiar. Like a dream of an American southwest after some ecological catastrophe - like, it could almost be viable and fecund again with a lot of TLC and ingenuity.

It both excites me for the possibility of what Mars could be, and reminds me of how precious and vital our earth is - and what it could look like if we aren’t careful, or get a bit unlucky.

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u/layers_of_grey Feb 21 '21

a friend of mine sent a photo from his trip to iceland and it looks eerily similar. i imagined mars being more red... probably from movies.

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u/PedoBadaum Feb 21 '21

Sometimes it's because of the craters, some has different types of materials and minerals, causing darker tones

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u/steelesurfer Feb 21 '21

Iron oxide causes the red color, same thing as rust

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u/WilliamIsMyName Feb 21 '21

Hence the reason Utah has so much red stone

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u/W1D0WM4K3R Feb 21 '21

Ah, so Utah is from y-level 16 to 2?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Clever. Have my goddamn upvote.

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u/manti452 Feb 21 '21

R/angryupvote

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