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That's still equivalent to an martian atmosphere above.
by Aperocky 4y ago
That's still equivalent to an martian atmosphere above.
- bee_rider 4y agoThat is an interesting note, but I’m not sure how much intuition it adds. Mars somewhat famously have not a ton of atmosphere, right?
- chongli 4y agoStill good enough to take some great infrared pictures. Sure, it’s not even close to the same league as JWST, but most astronomers on the planet are jumping over each other to submit proposals for observation on that.
- Tepix 4y agoYes, both are very thin indeed, Mars has 6-10 millibars vs 1013 millibars at Earth sea level.
- sandworm101 4y agoExcept thay the mars atmosphere contains considerable amoints of dust and weather. Earth's atmosphere at these altitudes is bone dry and homogeneous. Presssures may be similar but the optical properties are totally different.