“NASA: ‘Giant Mars Volcano and Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time'”

“NASA: ‘Giant Mars Volcano and Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time'” March 22, 2017

 

Wiki Wadi Rum
Although it LOOKS like the surface of Mars (and was used for the filming of “The Martian”), this is actually the Wadi Rum, in southern Jordan. A really spectacular place.  (Wikimedia Commons public domain image)

 

It’s absolutely mind-boggling to me to realize how much more we know now about the planet Mars than we knew back when young prince Tutankhamen and I were boys together.

 

Seriously, as far as I’m aware we knew comparatively nothing.  But now look:

 

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2017/03/nasa-giant-mars-volcano-and-earths-dinosaurs-went-extinct-about-the-same-time.html

 

 


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