Comments on: Have a nice (martian) day! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:43:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Callisto http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14051 Callisto Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:10:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14051 I see a bovine hoofprint with a smile. I see a bovine hoofprint with a smile.

]]> By: RAD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14050 RAD Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:20:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14050 Thats wierd because I was trying for the virgin mary in my toast and I got that same smiley face. deja vu!! Thats wierd because I was trying for the virgin mary in my toast and I got that same smiley face. deja vu!!

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14049 Melusine Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:30:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14049 Thanks for the link, <b>Phil</b>. I added the psychedelic-colored crater to my Photo Center with the other silly photos of Mars pareidolia vs. reality. Since my Photo Center belongs to not just me, I like to poke at some of the members. They're used to it. <b>@Blake</b>: Crop circles are art, and belong in museums along with Robert Smithson rock-manipulations. (However, in 1982 at the Venice Biennale, Smithson did a horrible one; there was a bad Brancusi, too, which was a major disappointment to my mother and me.) If one wants to understand rock formations, they ought to look at real mounds of rock on the way to Las Vegas. Gamble on reality, and you'll always win. ;-) I notice, too, that that the dude from the tarot-card/psychic-scata site never told me what the weather would be like last Saturday...hmm, perhaps he didn't appreciate my sarcasm. Gee, darn, I'll just have to go back to reading Spaceweather.com or paying attention to Europans...and astronomers. PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Astronomers. PETA: People Eating Tasty Astronomers (but not Phil, because his mom and wife look in here, sorry Phil, but you <i>sound</i> great on radio). And that goes for the Amateur Astronomers who find asteroids, and create pretty pictures that force us to stick our noses in books. So, what were you all talking about, anyway? Thanks for the link, Phil. I added the psychedelic-colored crater to my Photo Center with the other silly photos of Mars pareidolia vs. reality. Since my Photo Center belongs to not just me, I like to poke at some of the members. They’re used to it.

@Blake: Crop circles are art, and belong in museums along with Robert Smithson rock-manipulations. (However, in 1982 at the Venice Biennale, Smithson did a horrible one; there was a bad Brancusi, too, which was a major disappointment to my mother and me.)

If one wants to understand rock formations, they ought to look at real mounds of rock on the way to Las Vegas. Gamble on reality, and you’ll always win. ;-)

I notice, too, that that the dude from the tarot-card/psychic-scata site never told me what the weather would be like last Saturday…hmm, perhaps he didn’t appreciate my sarcasm. Gee, darn, I’ll just have to go back to reading Spaceweather.com or paying attention to Europans…and astronomers.

PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Astronomers.
PETA: People Eating Tasty Astronomers (but not Phil, because his mom and wife look in here, sorry Phil, but you sound great on radio).

And that goes for the Amateur Astronomers who find asteroids, and create pretty pictures that force us to stick our noses in books.

So, what were you all talking about, anyway?

]]> By: Thomas Siefert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14048 Thomas Siefert Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:02:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14048 Crop circles? Here? No! What you saw was; swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus. Crop circles? Here? No! What you saw was; swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

]]> By: Kim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14046 Kim Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:59:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14046 Octavio, thanks for that link. I had completely forgotten about the Watchmen thing. Too cool. Octavio, thanks for that link. I had completely forgotten about the Watchmen thing. Too cool.

]]> By: grand_lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14023 grand_lunar Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:10:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14023 Interesting. I never would have noticed the face, had you not mentioned it. I thought it was just a pretty pic of the Martian surface. Oh wait, it is! Interesting.

I never would have noticed the face, had you not mentioned it. I thought it was just a pretty pic of the Martian surface.

Oh wait, it is!

]]> By: Wayne Reed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14025 Wayne Reed Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:01:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/11/have-a-nice-martian-day/#comment-14025 Clear proof that Walmart has expanded beyond the confines of Terra :) Wayne Clear proof that Walmart has expanded beyond the confines of Terra :)

Wayne

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