Storm Over Phoenix

 

Report: #0154

For the second time, a strong wind blowing over the Phoenix lander on Mars can be observed.

The timing measurement instrument, which normally remains motionless, moves almost horizontally due to wind gusts. Mars has, evidently, a much more active atmosphere than previously claimed, as has been discovered recently.  This atmospheric movement can mix layers of cold air with another warmer layer.

This causes an upward motion and atmospheric displacement.

When these layers meet at a certain height—which, in my opinion, will not be very high—condensation occurs, and due to its weight, it falls back to the surface as snow or rain. 

This is the beginning of a life cycle. If a little heat and water are added under these conditions—as we have already demonstrated—we are almost in a position to believe in a form of life.

Suppose the water does not have to be necessarily in liquid form. I suspect—and I will show images—that it involves biological forms like snails, capable of expelling a salty liquid from the mouth onto a block of frozen water. I'm referring to small amounts, similar to what a mosquito injects to attack blood and then sucks it back. In the same way, ice can be thawed by sprinkling a little salt on it and sucking it up again. That would be a very good way to use ice as a water source.

I would also like to ask again if anyone knows if Phoenix's microphone works. It would be interesting to hear the sound of a storm on Mars.

Josef Bauer