2006-08-31 05:06:40 · 14 answers · asked by lilspongebob da freak_ keke 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I thought it was all the boiling hot pools of lava and molten MAGMA, god guys, it's science, when are you going to check it out, iron oxide? There might as well be fairy princesses and dragons up there, sheesh.
2006-08-31 05:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by infiniteentropickey 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The dust of mars is red, well actually it is butterscotch tan, because the dust of Mars is made from weathered "limonite" a brown iron oxide, (limonite is not actually a mineral but a mixture of hydrated iron oxide minerals such as goethite FeO(OH). Mars surface dust may also include red hematite, Fe2O3, one of the main ingredients of rust on Earth. The dust also contains 1% magnetite, Fe3O4, a magnetic mineral.
Half the light at the surface of Mars comes from direct sunlight, half is scattered by the dust-filled sky, thus objects on Mars appear reddish in color.
2006-08-31 12:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because soil of Mars is red.
Much of the surface is deeply covered by iron(III) oxide dust as fine as talcum powder. iron(III) oxide is the main chemical on surface of mars that cause its ed color.
good luck
2006-08-31 12:13:55 · answer #3 · answered by merdad b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Space Aliens?
2006-08-31 21:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin H. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red Hots
2006-08-31 12:21:35 · answer #5 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Iron.
2006-08-31 12:11:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Red ants
2006-08-31 13:24:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOULDNT IT BE GREAT IF THEY WERE BACTERIAS CAUSING "RED PIGMENTATION" IN MARTIAN SOIL(AS SCIENTIST BELIEVE COULD BE THE CASE IN "EUROPA"...WHO KNOWS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN THIS UNIVERSE...
ALTHOUGH IF IT IS IRON(OXIDE) CANT WE EXTRACT IT TO BUILD SOME KIND OF SPACE STATION THERE :-)
2006-08-31 13:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by sCrUbs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iron Oxide (or rust)
2006-08-31 12:08:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
iron
2006-08-31 15:47:07 · answer #10 · answered by super_man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋