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It’s been known for years that there are large quantities of water ice locked up in the Martian poles. Around the equator however it is a barren dry wasteland devoid of any surface ice. Recent observations of Mars have discovered frost on the giant shield volcanoes but it only appears briefly after sunrise and soon evaporates. Estimates suggest that 150,000 tons of water cycle between the surface and atmosphere on a daily basis.  The polar caps of Mars have been the subject of many studies in particular, since the discovery of water ice in 2008. They are permanent but vary in size with the seasons. During the winter and in complete darkness, the surface chills allowing gas in the atmosphere to deposit on the surface as great bit chunks of carbon dioxide ice. Then the poles are exposed to sunlight again the frozen carbon dioxide sublimes straight back into a gas.  Mars’ north polar ice cap, captured by NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Aside from the carbon dioxide, the poles are mostly composed of frozen water ice. The carbon dioxide deposits are relatively thin compared to the water ice, only about 1metre thick over the north pole. The south pole has a more permanent carbon dioxide cap about 8 metres thick.  A team of planetary scientists led by Adomas Valantinas, a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University who led the work as a PhD student at the University of Bern have detected water frost on top of the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars. These volcanoes are among the tallest on the planet and indeed one of them; Olympus Mons is the tallest in the solar system.  Olympus Mons, captured by the ESA’s Mars Express mission from orbit. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck The frost was discovered using high-resolution images from the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) which is just one of the instruments on the ESA Trace Gas Orbiter. The discovery was validated using further independent observations from the High Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express Orbiter.  Visualisation of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter aerobraking at Mars. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab. This is the first time water frost has been discovered in the vicinity of the planet’s equator calling for a rethink of the planets climate dynamics. Until now, we thought it was quite unlikely for frost to form around the equator due to the levels of solar radiation and the thin atmosphere. The conditions mean the surface temperatures can reach reasonably high temperatures, too high for frosts to form even at the top of the volcanoes.  The study seems to show that frost is only fleeting present for a few hours after sunrise before the high temperatures cause it to evaporate in the solar radiation. It is important to note that even though the frost is only a very thin later (just about the width of a human hair) it is thought that there is something like 150,000 tons of water that cycles between the surface and the atmosphere every day.  The frost the team have discovered deposits in the caldera of the volcanoes. These hollows are the openings at the summit of the volcano where eruptions have previously exploded out through the crust. It is now thought that there are unusual microclimates at the tops of the volcanoes which allows the thin layers of frost to form.  The discovery means we need to model how the frost forms to get a real understanding of where water might exist on Mars, how it moves and how it interacts with the atmosphere.  Source : In a significant first, researchers detect water frost on solar system’s tallest volcanoes The post Frost Seen on Olympus Mons for the First Time appeared first on Universe Today.

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The legendary singer, songwriter and drummer Phil Collins is one of the few artists in the history of music who were able to sell an estimated amount of more than 100 million records worldwide both as a solo act and as part of a band. He first achieved fame as the drummer in Genesis and after the singer Peter Gabriel decided to leave in 1975, he had the chance to become their vocalist. Obviously, everything started to really change when the group was a trio with Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Because that was when they started to have a more commercial sound. In the 80s, Collins himself became a huge solo artist and the success of his career really went to a whole different level. Over the decades he talked a lot about many other artists, including the late singer, songwriter and guitarist Tom Petty. Collins even revealed once which is one of his favorite songs from the American artist. The Tom Petty song that Phil Collins said is one of his favorites By the time Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album in 1976, Phil Collins was already Genesis' vocalist and Rock and Roll was changing a lot. As the British artist revealed in an interview with Ken Bruce in the BBC Radio show Tracks of My Years back in 2016 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage), he was a fan of Petty for a long time. And one of the songs he chose as one of his favorites was "Learning To Fly". That track was released on his praised studio album "Into The Great Wide Open", made with The Heartbreakers. The song was also released as a single at the time. It peaked at number 1 on the United States Mainstream Rock charts. “I’ve loved Tom Petty’s stuff for a long, long time. He is very cynical, which I kind of understand, you know. It’s very English in some respects. I always loved his work with the Traveling Wilburys. But he has that 12 string thing, it’s just that reminds me a little bit of The Byrds, I think, from the 60s. I just find him very edgy, keeps reinventing himself, big fan,” Phil Collins said. The Byrds' influence on Tom Petty's music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ&pp=ygUZdG9tIHBldHR5IGxlYXJuaW5nIHRvIGZseQ%3D%3D Collins was right in connecting Petty's music with The Byrds. The American musician was a big fan of the influential 60s band. He even recorded a great song with Byrds' singer and guitarist Roger McGuinn called "King of The Hill". That track was released on Mcguin's studio album "Back From Rio" (1991). Petty also had previously covered The Byrds track "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" on his solo album "Full Moon Fever" released in 1989. As Collins also noted, Tom Petty was a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys. The group was formed by Roy Orbison, George Harrison (Beatles), Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Jeff Lyne (ELO). They were active from 1988 to 1991 and released two studio albums. Tom Petty tragically passed away back in 2017 at the age of 66. The official cause was "multisystem organ failure due to resuscitated cardiopulmonary arrest due to mixed drug toxicity". The drugs included "fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetyl fentanyl, and despropionyl fentanyl."The post The Tom Petty song that Phil Collins said is one of his favorites appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

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