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by Stan Schultz
Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Dust Devil on Mars (2015 Mar 03)
Replies: 26
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Re: APOD: A Dust Devil on Mars (2015 Mar 03)

I admit that I while I spend a lot of time in a variety of deserts and have seen a lot of dust devils, all the ones I've seen have been more or less the same color as the dust they're deviling. So, why on a reddish brown planet and on arguably brown soil is that dust devil white? I might expect a di...
by Stan Schultz
Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:14 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: In Through and Beyond Saturns Rings (2011 Oct 26)
Replies: 23
Views: 3748

Re: APOD: In Through and Beyond Saturns Rings (2011 Oct 26)

And my very first, knee jerk reaction was, "Aha! Darth Vader and the Death Star zero-in on Saturn!" Obviously I've been watching too many sci-fi flicks. :oops: :mrgreen: