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Not to mention the psychological effect of a dim, reddish atmosphere replacing the sky humans are accustomed to. I'd wager the effect would be very depressing,
by aswanson 12y ago
Not to mention the psychological effect of a dim, reddish atmosphere replacing the sky humans are accustomed to. I'd wager the effect would be very depressing, over time.
- informatimago 12y agoStrange. On Earth, it's exactly the dim, reddish atmosphere that's considered paradisiac! Compare http://www.sunsetbeachestates.ca/images/sunsetbeach.jpg http://www.sunsetbeachestates.ca/images/sunsetbeach.jpg with http://i.imgur.com/WxxEt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WxxEt.jpg
- nemo 12y agoDim light is lovely at the beginning or end of the day, but it's not something that's great to live in full time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder Colonists could use energy to get artificial lighting to a decent level, but in a wholly artificial environment it might would be depressing to have no nature to experience. We evolved to like living in natural environments that we couldn't really reproduce on Mars. No oceans, no streams, no lakes, no time in the sun, no natural beauty, it sounds like a horrific nightmare to me.