Comments on: Skiing dry ice boulders on Mars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/skiing-dry-ice-boulders-on-mars/ Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alex Andrite https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/skiing-dry-ice-boulders-on-mars/#comment-1078542 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:59:53 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=64682#comment-1078542 Ice Blocking on Earth. 50lb blocks of ice, terry cloth towels, well manicured golf course, at night, teenagers.
Find well groomed golf course grass slope, place ice block near slope edge, place towel on top of block, sit on block, towel becomes obvious, link legs around buddy / buddyess in front of you to form a chain, no more than six is best.
Nudge, scoot to edge of slope, until …
Warp speed down the slope.
Careful of flying ice blocks.
Leave ice blocks at bottom of slide to mysteriously disappear by morning.
Ice Blocking on Earth.

]]> By: APL https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/skiing-dry-ice-boulders-on-mars/#comment-1078541 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:16:37 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=64682#comment-1078541 Gullies on Mars are fairly deep until pretty much the end of the track. This would imply a relatively large starting block. No blocks are ever seen at the bottom or partway down the tracks. Lots of potential blocks at the top. Earth simulations seem to show very different types of tracks – they seem much shallower, almost invisible.

I’m inclined to think something else is going on, although I admit I don’t another theory – not enough data.

]]> By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/skiing-dry-ice-boulders-on-mars/#comment-1078433 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 04:00:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=64682#comment-1078433 Cool! Literally.

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