In fact there is much wind on Mars. A quick quotation from William Hartmann in _A Traveler's Guide to Mars_ :
"Despite the harsh conditions, the trackless landscape is much more inviting than that of the Moon. A visitor on Mars is greeted by vistas of rocks and hills, sand dunes and lava flows--strangely attractive in their awesome desolation. The sky is not black but bright pinkish tan in color, due to the fine reddish dust carried aloft by Martian winds. Thin clouds occasionally form overhead, especially at dawn and dusk. The wind stirs up eddies of blowing dust. Dust devils sometimes wander the landscape, leaving ghostly tracks in the otherwise Pristine surface." This is a pretty damned good book about all presently known (at the time of printing, of course) matters on Mars. Hartmann is a principal on the Mars research team and includes references to former Texas caver Victor Baker who is part of the Mars geology team. They each have interesting websites which I have looked at in the past but can't find the references for right now--you could do a web search and let us know (as I'm in a bit of a hurry at the moment). --Ediger -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Minton, Mark" <mmin...@nmhu.edu> > > David Locklear said: > > >The wind appears to be blowing out of the cave in the northwesterly > >direction? > > Not likely much wind on Mars. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
