{"id":2743,"date":"2013-06-11T22:30:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T22:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2013-06-11T22:30:49","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T22:30:49","slug":"dry-ice-sleds-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2743","title":{"rendered":"Dry-ice sleds on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article and video report on investigations into how chunks of dry-ice could explain long gullies seen on Martian sand dunes:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/MRO\/news\/mro20130611.html\" target=\"_d\">Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNXBfz1iVzc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article and video report on investigations into how chunks of dry-ice could explain long gullies seen on Martian sand dunes:\u00a0 Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds &#8211; NASA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-If","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6784,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6784","url_meta":{"origin":2743,"position":0},"title":"Martian sand dunes in spring","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Another satellite image of the often strange and wonderful Mars landscape -\u00a0Twitter \/ NASA:\u00a0 Martian sand dunes in spring are emerging from their winter CO2 (dry) ice cover: http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/martian-sand-dunes-in-spring\/#.UxikKfldWSo\u00a0\u2026 @HiRISE\u00a0 pic.twitter.com\/16HXzGC2SK More info at Martian Sand Dunes in Spring\u00a0 Mars\u2019 northern-most sand dunes are beginning to emerge from their winter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"BiDuIGVCcAAGyAE[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BiDuIGVCcAAGyAE1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":203,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=203","url_meta":{"origin":2743,"position":1},"title":"Dry ice and dunes on Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spots lots of bizarre and beautiful patterns on Mars created by \"Dry Ice and Dunes\": Thawing 'Dry Ice' Drives Groovy Action on Mars - MRO\/JPL http:\/\/youtu.be\/Hc_o5PF17yY","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Science&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Science","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Hc_o5PF17yY\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11935,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11935","url_meta":{"origin":2743,"position":2},"title":"Video: Curiosity rover report &#8211; Dec.15.15","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest report from NASA JPL on what's happening with the Curiosity rover on Mars: Curiosity performs the first investigation of active sand dunes on another planet. 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