lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallymessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down111
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallylnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoThere’s oxygen on Mars. Just not enough for us to breathe.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·11 hours agoSo not enough to turn blood red?
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoMars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoYeah but its at trace levels now
There’s oxygen on Mars. Just not enough for us to breathe.
So not enough to turn blood red?
Mars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
Yeah but its at trace levels now