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jormungandrsjig OP t1_iud4w7e wrote

The meteoroid left quite a crater on the red planet, and it revealed glimmering chunks of ice in an entirely unexpected place — near the warm Martian equator.

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LiamColeE t1_iudpf4f wrote

I mean, if there's water its not really a surprise. It gets well below freezing at night on Mars even at the equator and tops out at ~70f at the heat of the day, which isn't enough to melt large chunks of ice in a day.

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LeviathanGank t1_iudqgas wrote

But they said SURPRISE! When it landed so..

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LiamColeE t1_iudqm6k wrote

Oh shit, well if I had known that I wouldn't have embarrassed myself like that

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idbanthat t1_iue3u4n wrote

Seriously, a dozen of us are going to see your shame now, and be like, wow

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divingyt t1_iue8s3d wrote

I literally just stumbled on this, read that comment and now I'm going to screen shot it and share it with my friends. That number will soon be 14.

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AspieAndProud t1_iugaq1q wrote

Don't exaggivate. There's only the three of us to snicker. 😅

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dewayneestes t1_iuee6cz wrote

Honestly I was expecting the two Viking Landers, curiosity and the rest to all jump out from behind some hills and yell SURPRIISE!!!!

They’d throw Mars dust confetti at dancing dust devil strippers and serve mars ice cocktails. The party started out fun but grew awkward and ended early when the Viking landers tried to blame each other for not calling for the last 40 years.

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AncientProduce t1_iuebxih wrote

Aww I was hoping it was nougat and a layer of caramel.

Either way, thats pretty cool.

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Antzz77 t1_iuf5dq6 wrote

An approximately 39ft wide meteoroid made a crater 12 times in diameter (492ft). If I were standing there today my mind would be so boggled!!

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