Subject: APF0000wy8

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• by jules

  #bluefan
  Not sure if this is just a trick of the light or some kind of #frost.

  Posted January 8, 2013 6:00 PM

• by mschwamb scientist, translator

  I'm not sure but I think that's CO2 frost that we're seeing with the fan - very cool #frost

  Posted January 8, 2013 6:34 PM

• by mschwamb scientist, translator

  I found the answer for you Bright bluish: gas re- condensed on top of the ice as fine-grained bright frost

  Posted January 8, 2013 6:38 PM

• by peterj1969

  it has a black fan so is there two jets or is it the light?

  Posted January 8, 2013 10:29 PM

• by Nickj74

  Could this be an active jet casting a shadow from a low sun?

  Posted January 8, 2013 10:47 PM

• by 7bluebird7

  This is extremely beautiful.....it looks like ice

  Posted January 8, 2013 10:49 PM

• by MoonSquirrel

  Found another http://talk.planetfour.org/#/subjects/APF0000wx0

  Posted January 8, 2013 10:56 PM

• by kazawoo

  Is this some kind of vapor emission!

  Posted January 8, 2013 11:00 PM

• by kazawoo

  Is this some kind of vapor emission,caught in low sunlight!

  Posted January 8, 2013 11:04 PM

• by brian_peaston

  multi-coloured #multi-coloured

  Posted January 8, 2013 11:05 PM

• by putsman

  Found another: http://talk.planetfour.org/#/subjects/APF0000wyf

  Posted January 8, 2013 11:21 PM

• by mschwamb scientist, translator

  #frost definitely CO2 frost Mark these as Interesting features in the interface

  Posted January 8, 2013 11:27 PM

• by CindyMindy

  Wow, it's beautiul!

  Posted January 9, 2013 7:42 AM

• by Trachy

  Is the black spot a hole or vent . It looks very isolated and flat

  Posted January 9, 2013 9:20 AM

• by AstroToy

  Could the blue be diffraction of light from a sun low on the horizon?

  Posted January 9, 2013 11:18 AM

• by Angua

  Beautiful

  Posted January 9, 2013 11:23 AM

• by hsn953

  It seems like the black spot is a vent (hole) and the dark shadow is casted by the blueish rising fumes

  Posted January 9, 2013 12:08 PM

• by CmdrJJAdams

  Who says the Universe is dull...?? Simply stunning image!!

  Posted January 9, 2013 1:48 PM

• by MoonSquirrel

  Thought Mars was a dead and supposedly red planet? every other image has something exciting and colourful.

  Posted January 9, 2013 3:13 PM

• by NatalieFord66

  Thats amazing!

  Posted January 9, 2013 5:23 PM

• by Foxstar82

  Thats is stunning

  Posted January 9, 2013 5:36 PM

• by explosivepancakemix96

  that looks beautiful. would love to one day stand next to that.

  unless its some kind of deadly hot or freezing gas. but none the less.

  Posted January 9, 2013 6:11 PM

• by M6ODC

  Very pretty

  Posted January 9, 2013 6:52 PM

• by Narnna

  If the sun is low on the horizon wouldn't it be refracted red? Could it be water vapour?

  Posted January 9, 2013 6:53 PM

• by jaypatel2635

  #frost

  Posted January 9, 2013 7:30 PM

• by pineapples

  Is that a shadow behind the "water vapor" ?

  Posted January 9, 2013 7:49 PM

• by Mutantoe

  Looks amazing!

  Posted January 9, 2013 7:51 PM

• by Mutantoe

  Interesting, looks like cobalt to me! #whatelement

  Posted January 9, 2013 7:59 PM

• by 01005

  Cool, blue. Hey, isn't Mars suppose to be red?!?

  Posted January 9, 2013 8:11 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  many of the colors are not trustworthy in terms of how the human eye would see it.colors r being stretched to maximize information visible.

  Posted January 9, 2013 8:26 PM

• by rowbumby

  #frost WOW so cool

  Posted January 9, 2013 9:39 PM

• by lzzybell

  wow this is amazing #blue

  Posted January 9, 2013 9:52 PM

• by mj_uk

  That is just fabulous!!!! What on earth can that be??? Or what on Mars rather (hohoho 😉)

  Posted January 9, 2013 10:04 PM

• by Richardwilson

  its e.t? has to be. maybe its god aswell

  Posted January 9, 2013 10:07 PM

• by Miggles

  Is a more advanced Rover, I mean, it looks like it has a better scanner... but where did it come from 😃

  Posted January 9, 2013 10:19 PM

• by jenniferlayne

  could it be a Mar's rainbow, the dark shadow. Not really a shadow proper but a figament of light fractions ?

  Posted January 9, 2013 10:58 PM

• by jules

  #frost

  Posted January 9, 2013 11:44 PM

• by grofsh

  It looks alike a whole in surface and smoke coming out of this. Sun light passing through the smoke and creating a shadow.

  Posted January 10, 2013 1:08 AM

• by MGHogue

  #Beautiful

  Posted January 10, 2013 1:38 AM

• by Mark_MDubbaYa_Williams

  #Frost lots of frost =)

  Posted January 10, 2013 1:52 AM

• by jamiel92

  it seems to be of a gas state which is caught in a strong wind, spectacular image!

  Posted January 10, 2013 9:11 AM

• by wildman7744

  this appears to be carbon dioxide frost. presumably a small part of the land (the black spot at the top of the cone) caved in, letting out

  Posted January 10, 2013 12:45 PM

• by wildman7744

  some carbon dioxide which then froze in the cold climate of mars' poles. the chances are the wind was string though as you can see from

  Posted January 10, 2013 12:47 PM

• by wildman7744

  the size of the cone, the Carbon dioxide went quite far

  Posted January 10, 2013 12:53 PM

• by wildman7744

  before freezing

  Posted January 10, 2013 12:55 PM

• by UniqueSeeker

  I have a theory, maybe? That this is carbon dioxide frost from a carbon dioxide ejection fanned due to wind during the ejection, however...

  Posted January 10, 2013 1:28 PM

• by UniqueSeeker

  contd.... the ejection is still taking place and a long shadow is being formed due to it and a low sun. Could this be?

  Posted January 10, 2013 1:32 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  everybody: for longer discussions, it's easier to create a new post on the right side here under the chat or science sections.

  Posted January 10, 2013 5:24 PM

• by Lowcal1

  Blue ice.?

  Posted January 10, 2013 5:27 PM

• by catsenior

  Wow!!

  Posted January 10, 2013 6:57 PM

• by Greyhound7

  neat

  Posted January 10, 2013 8:30 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  the color blue just means it become 'stronger' in the blue detector channel.which in turn usually means,more ice or more reflective ices.

  Posted January 10, 2013 8:34 PM

• by sarcky

  congrats...record breaker they said

  Posted January 10, 2013 9:06 PM

• by LittleAl1974

  wow

  Posted January 10, 2013 10:17 PM

• by shadowi12

  Could it be some kind of blue gas just floating on the surface?

  Posted January 10, 2013 10:24 PM

• by Stu-Mc

  looks like a blue gas, the only one that comes to mind could be ozone?

  Posted January 10, 2013 10:46 PM

• by rturner21

  could it be ozone, which is a pale blue gas?

  Posted January 10, 2013 10:55 PM

• by Simon_Shopland1987

  could it be copper sulphate crystals being forced out from vents in the ground????

  Posted January 11, 2013 12:13 AM

• by michaelaye scientist

  Simon, don't take the colors too seriously, they are stretched for information content.

  Posted January 11, 2013 1:36 AM

• by 123321

  Может это от марсохода слабо прикрепленный фонарик отломился? (Исконно русская мысль)

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:00 AM

• by lee_wheatleynufc

  hi jordan

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:31 AM

• by logoss89

  hi blood nice hat

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:31 AM

• by lee_wheatleynufc

  i think this is a water metor

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:31 AM

• by logoss89

  jack is gay

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:32 AM

• by logoss89

  g

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:33 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:33 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:33 AM

• by logoss89

  ggggggggggggg

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

  ggggg

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

  g

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by logoss89

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  Posted January 11, 2013 10:34 AM

• by eocams

  Blue ice/gas?

  Posted January 11, 2013 10:41 AM

• by jwphoto

  Is this the landing space of curiosity? It looks amazing and the colour

  Posted January 11, 2013 11:31 AM

• by sirius8

  Похоже на Space crane после посадки Curiosity

  Posted January 11, 2013 11:45 AM

• by Ramage51

  looks like some sort of gas

  Posted January 11, 2013 1:59 PM

• by mike_m

  #frost

  Posted January 11, 2013 2:14 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  sirius8: no, our images are from the south pole. FAAR away from Curiosity's space crane. 😉

  Posted January 11, 2013 8:31 PM

• by Odysseus.M

  why is it blue?

  Posted January 12, 2013 5:02 PM

• by lewisnorton

  very strange, what could have possibly caused such a shape and formation. its as if blasted from something

  Posted January 12, 2013 5:43 PM

• by stevecook

  Its a copper sulphate geizer !!

  Posted January 12, 2013 7:01 PM

• by j.g.doggett

  Rising vapor/dust "smoke column" & side illuminated, so casting shadow? Difficult to tell if fan is alligned with surface shadows.

  Posted January 12, 2013 7:07 PM

• by Christopher_Playford

  definately fan shaped though

  Posted January 12, 2013 7:53 PM

• by LucyPlayford

  I agree christopher, but what could have caused the sudden ghostly blue colour, is it a light refraction of a mineral?

  Posted January 12, 2013 8:53 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  no shadows here, no side views are possible. all observations are made from 'straight up'.

  Posted January 12, 2013 9:26 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  the blue color comes from either refrosted CO2 or cleaned CO2.it's always exactly where was a black fan before in time.so the fan ...

  Posted January 12, 2013 9:27 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  does something to the ice surface that makes it likely to have fresher looking ice there.fresher,or refurbished ice looks blue because ...

  Posted January 12, 2013 9:28 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  it becomes brighter in the blue wavelengths. (the only wavelengths where co2 is emitting in the visual ranges)

  Posted January 12, 2013 9:29 PM

• by Milkywaystars

  To the owner or whoever found this,
  Please may I collect this?
  From MilkyWayStars

  Posted January 13, 2013 10:46 AM

• by Milkywaystars

  P.S.I ALREADY HAVE SO HA HA HA

  Posted January 13, 2013 10:47 AM

• by Milkywaystars

  Blue oil spillage from a sattilite

  Posted January 13, 2013 11:05 AM

• by Milkywaystars

  I KNOW WHAT IT IS IT IS A BOMB SO RUN COS IT MIGHT COME HERE

  Posted January 13, 2013 11:08 AM

• by Milkywaystars

  P.S. only joking

  Posted January 13, 2013 11:08 AM

• by Milkywaystars

  Cool picture by the way

  Posted January 13, 2013 11:11 AM

• by Milkywaystars

  I have it in my collection

  Posted January 13, 2013 11:14 AM

• by jgbreezer

  As mentioned in the blog posts, if you see blue areas/fans like this, tag them #frost and use the "Interesting Feature" tool as req'd.

  Posted January 13, 2013 3:08 PM

• by petet11

  I like the blue on red planet

  Posted January 13, 2013 4:22 PM

• by spacey100

  water jet? If it's near one of the poles as there is ice at the poles!

  Posted January 14, 2013 6:12 PM

• by Markconx

  #salt & whatever is liquid/gas on mars thats #blue ??

  Posted January 14, 2013 6:14 PM

• by Markconx

  maybe melted #water ??

  Posted January 14, 2013 6:15 PM

• by bradb595

  it could be a gas, thats why its casting the coloured shadow. argon and krypton are blue when gases

  Posted January 14, 2013 7:52 PM

• by Earthboy

  could be a jet of water/ice

  Posted January 14, 2013 8:27 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  no shadow here, no side views, everything is recorded from straight up.the blue part is freshed-up/altered co2 ice surface....

  Posted January 14, 2013 10:00 PM

• by michaelaye scientist

  bluer just means brighter in the blue wavelengths,which is the area where ice is reflecting.

  Posted January 14, 2013 10:01 PM

• by altafkaji

  most likely argon?

  Posted January 15, 2013 2:47 PM

• by mattlou117

  #bluefan

  Posted January 18, 2013 7:31 AM

• by bydy2

  The black dot is an alien, the blue it's laser beam!

  Posted January 18, 2013 3:28 PM

• by pcgreen84

  Wow i think that is the best picture i have seen yet.

  Posted January 19, 2013 3:37 PM

• by graeme8771

  #colours are beautiful

  Posted January 19, 2013 11:13 PM

• by meryem3

  looks like a blue light

  Posted January 21, 2013 3:59 PM

• by powervong

  blue light on mar

  Posted January 26, 2013 7:32 PM

• by justinhero2011

  it can only be an optical phenomenon

  Posted January 26, 2013 11:27 PM

• by YoannHenri

  Looks like ice geyser still spewing out of hole, showing earlier deposition and current jet shadow in near-horizontal sunlight

  Posted January 27, 2013 11:14 AM

• by YoannHenri

  #geyser #icejet #jetshadow #icedeposition

  Posted January 27, 2013 11:14 AM

• by brian_peaston

  #wind-directions

  Posted February 23, 2013 6:28 PM

• by brian_peaston

  #multi-coloured

  Posted February 23, 2013 6:28 PM

• by BogdanRoscaneanu

  i've came into these blue ones too

  Posted October 25, 2013 5:52 PM

• by Owenwangwenjie

  This is such a beautiful picture~

  Posted July 16, 2014 2:11 PM

• by tianxuan

  representitive of a bunch of cutouts with frost tail outside & different directions, the difference in angles might change #frostreview

  Posted August 7, 2014 3:06 AM

• by leonie_van_vliet

  #blue feature, blotch with ice like tail...

  Posted October 24, 2014 2:16 PM