NASA - Mars had lakes!

seriously, while NASA don’t show ANY JUSTIFICATION or evolution in this video for ‘how’ Mars got the way of the desert it is today, it is (nostalgically) pretty in a retro-Pro-Gen* 80′s stylee. Nice analog Korg-age on the soundtrack. Just old-house.

Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water – a critical ingredient for life. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this ancient clement period, beginning with a flyover of a Martian lake. The artist’s concept is based on evidence that Mars was once very different. Rapidly moving clouds suggest the passage of time, and the shift from a warm and wet to a cold and dry climate is shown as the animation progresses. The lakes dry up, while the atmosphere gradually transitions from Earthlike blue skies to the dusty pink and tan hues seen on Mars today.

Completed: 07 November 2013
Animator: Michael Lentz (USRA) (Lead)
Technical Director: Aaron Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Producers: Dan Gallagher (USRA)
David Ladd (USRA)
Scientist: Bruce Jakosky (LASP)

Credit:
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab [source NASA]

* Procedural Generation i.e. mostly mathematically rendered with fractalisation algorythms for the artificial details, and full-on reflective water without any noticable natural qualities.

My obvious question is this, “We all know how concerned NASA has been with the Sun’s activity of late – are they putting this kinda thing out to imply that sooner or later (slowly or cataclysmically) this is where our Free Planet will go?”

TO DESERT? Sounds like a massive Carbon Tax scam campaign again. Lo and behold, the truth is already out there. Just like one’s Free Planet.