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Life has traditionally been seen as driven by energy from the sun, but deep sea organisms have no access to sunlight, so they must depend on nutrients found in the dusty chemical deposits and hydrothermal fluids in which they live. Previously marine biologists assumed that vent organisms were dependent on a "rain" of detritus from the upper levels of the ocean, like deep sea organisms are. This would leave them dependent on plant life and thus the sun. Some hydrothermal vent organisms do consume this "rain," but with only such a system, life forms would be very sparse. Compared to the surrounding sea floor, however, hydrothermal vent zones have a density of organisms 10,000 to 100,000 times greater.
Hydrothermal vent communities are able to sustain such vast amounts of life because vent organisms depend on chemosynthetic bacteria for food. The water that comes out of the hydrothermal vent is rich in dissolved minerals and supports a large population of chemo-autotrophic bacteria. These bacteria use sulfur compounds, particularly hydrogen sulfide, a chemical highly toxic to most known organisms, to produce organic material through the process of chemosynthesis.
The amazing patterned landscapes on Mars created by extreme weather
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They were taken by Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite orbiting 187 miles above the red planet's surface. The craft is on a unique mission to unravel the mystery of Mars' fascinating history.
Scientists believe the planet once hosted life and are searching for evidence of water on the now lifeless desert surface.
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Originally posted by UneedTOhitTHIS
On radio show Coast to Coast AM TONIGHT November 11th, 2009 - Part of DARPA’s Project Pegasus as a young child, and now a practicing attorney, Andrew D. Basiago will discuss his experiences and what he witnessed growing up within a secret program, as well as the true history of U.S. time travel research and teleportation technology.
Tune in to see what happens. I know I will.
Originally posted by TheLaughingGod
Interesting, I looked up PIA10214 and lo and behold.. there is a freaking lake there, at least that's what it looks like, here check it out:
upload.wikimedia.org...
Now, my question is, why would NASA release pictures with blatant evidence and at the same time act like they don't even know.
If secrecy is their MO why would they release that picture to the public?
Beats me.. but it sure looks like a lake.
Then there is PIA11049:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov...
He claimed you could see a pipe, running water and even people, I can't find them though.
Did I miss something?
Holy mother of God! You're right!! I've been trying to convince myself that it's just ripples in the sand caused by the wind, but it's freakin' blue!! That IS a lake!
Originally posted by andrewh7
Originally posted by TheLaughingGod
Interesting, I looked up PIA10214 and lo and behold.. there is a freaking lake there, at least that's what it looks like, here check it out:
That's not a lake and those aren't the actual colors of the photographs. The color was added to demonstrate greater contrast. Water does not have even stripes on it like that - have you never seen the ocean or a lake before? That design is what happens to sand in the wind.