Not only
the rains that move mountains or the tsunamis that flood the coasts of several
countries are evidence of water on a planet.
Small
traces of moisture or drizzles of a few millimeters per square meter are
samples of this vital liquid. Even more so if such evidence of liquid water is
found on the surface of Mars. In many cases, a detective does not see a suspect
but sees or finds suspicious clues and can connect them to the suspect.
Therefore, all scientists work on searching for traces of past life or cultures
here on Earth.
That's how
criminologists work to solve crimes.
The search
for clues is the hobby of thousands, if not millions of people. Sometimes it
takes years, traveling the world to collect all the pieces of a puzzle, and
sometimes the only clue is stepped on without knowing it was the one or the
only one. On Mars, we private
researchers are doing the same on a smaller scale than NASA with its
technological capacity. The scientists at NASA and other institutions do not
search but collect information, which in turn is cataloged later. There is
nothing unusual for the scientist.
Something
is considered proven when a chemical or physical process always produces the
same result under the same working conditions. Such observations, even if they
produce unexpected results, are recognized.
I believe scientists are as curious as any other human being; only the
resulting information from the research eludes their responsibility. That's
where politics and economics come into play. Information can or cannot be
disclosed to the public.
Everything
is under the protection of patents, intellectual rights, etc. We—and especially myself, as I have said
often—seek the beautiful things in creation.
During this
search, many fascinating but also strange things can be observed.
This is
even more true when the search is done in unusual places like the surface of
Mars.
And on the
way, you can see many beautiful things, but on the other side, you can also see
strange things.
If I show a
photo, I shouldn't give an explanation if I can't give an adequate one.
Of course,
I won't have an explanation for all those things that are beyond human
knowledge; I don't seek vehemently for a description.
No. I just
show it and make it available to the community.
This time, I believe I can give you an idea of my analysis with the
images in this report.
In the
three images (the first repeated with a marking arrow), there is a gentle
movement of small pebbles and sand in a small water channel that has formed,
taking some small pebbles with it and depositing them a little further down on
the slabs of these rocks.
The
displacement was very gentle. Only a few millimeters of rain, enough to carry
the sand twenty centimeters farther. Nothing more. But I'm talking about Mars.
That's where the image comes from. Wind does not displace sand in a small
channel. Only water leaves these traces. These details are beautiful, and the
evidence of liquid water on Mars at this moment. There is no mention of
millions of years here. This erosion occurred yesterday, three weeks ago, or,
if it's a lot, a year ago. But no more. It may have been a drizzle this
morning.
It's as
simple as that. Liquid water is currently available on Mars. It doesn't matter
if it evaporates or disappears into the rocks and depths. The water cycle—rain,
streams, possibly elephants drinking and quenching their thirst, and the water
that freezes and evaporates and accumulates in clouds—is working on Mars right
now. About the elephant, we can talk. But it's just an example; we can think of
something smaller.
But where
there is water, there is life.
The fact
that there is water on Mars has been confirmed a thousand times. It exists in
the form of vapor, clouds, snow, and ice.
Our fish
deprive the water of oxygen and breathe calmly.
I won't
start with more examples now, but life is vital by nature, and the
transformation of frozen water ice into usable water is the simplest thing that
exists.
Here, you can see a small displacement of
earth and stones that have moved only a few centimeters down the earth wall and
been left there again. The water was not enough to carry them farther.
It is not
that we don't already have images of liquid water on Mars and immensely large
waterfalls—if they are frozen—but I wanted to show you small and very valuable
proofs.
Greetings, Don Josef
Bauer
Source: NASA: Spirit Panoramic Camera PIA11753
1.Link
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11753
2.Link
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA11753.jpg
Full-Res JPEG:PIA11753.jpg (11.67 MB)
