... to vary by a factor of 25. When Mars is viewed through a telescope, it looks like a red and orange disk. An observer can easily see white ice caps at the north and south poles of Mars. These caps grow and shrink throughout the Martian year, just as the polar caps of Earth do. The darker ... of weathered material. At certain times of the year like spring and summer when Mars is closest to the sun, great dust storms appear as yellow clouds. The largest of these storms can cover the globe of Mars and last for months. At other times white clouds of water vapor are visible. Scientists now .....

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... night. Because astronomers have never seen this be4 it was refered to as aguest star?. SUNSPOTS dark, usually irregularly shaped spots on the sun's surface that are actually solar magnetic storms. The Chinese recorded dark features on the sun seen with the naked eye in 28 B.C. Sunspots are not permanent since the sun's surface is gaseous. Because the sun rotates on ... its axis, a sunspot cannot be observed continuously for more than about two weeks Sunspot activity produces various disturbances on earth-these include magnetic storms which manifest themselves as aurorae, interference wi...

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... BioDome will also need to be gravitated and pressurised as Mars's gravity is 0.4 of Earths and its pressure is 0.007 of Earths. It will also protect you when global dust storms occur. If you are sick of birthdays coming so quickly this is the place for you as one Mars year is 687 Earth days! On Mars water is either gas ... (vapour) or Solid (ice) so machines will be made to melt part of the ice caps to supply water. Transport to and from Mars will be via the Global Surveyor which is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Planned launches are ... ...

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