Topic: "Let me see what Spring is like on Jupiter and Mars"

Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #95,414

But Jupiter doesn't have seasons, due to an insignificant axial tilt. Mars has a spring, but it is characterised by carbon dioxide gas eascaping from beneath the permanent ice caps, as the seasonal polar caps melt.

In other words, there really isn't much to see, shy of the paterns created by escaping gas being blown along the surface of Mars.

Jupiter its self is a giant world composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, with other trace gas elements, and probably has no solid surface to stand on. Scientists believe that Jupiter's "surface" is composed of liquid chemicals surounding the core. You would also be crushed at this depth into the planet, due to the immense pressure inside of Jupiter.

Mars has a solid surface, on which humans can actually stand, and the pressure will not crush us either. However, as said above, there really isn't much to see during Spring on Mars. This is due to the fact that Mars has no plant or wildlife, and the only observable effect of Spring is the melting of the seasonal polar caps. Not to mention this melting results in a spike in the levels of C0₂ in the planet's atmosphere. If there was a breatheable atmosphere, this could have devastating effects on a human population.

TL;DR
Spring on Jupiter and Mars isn't that great, if it even exists.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #1,077,255

If there was plants, the xtra c02 would mean they breathe more and make more oxygen

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,260

@previous (B)

The plants can only absorb so much, tho. You realize antwo entire polar caps of frozen CO₂ melting and being released into an atmosphere would require an equally impressive number of plants to absorb it in a timely fashion, right?

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Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 20 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,282

@previous (A)

I know, imagine the lush martian jungles

Dead !Pool..v42s joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,294

@1,077,260 (A)
Moss, algae, etc

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 seconds later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,295

@1,077,282 (B)

Gonna take a thicker atmosphere before any of that, but yes, they would be quite lush. I wonder what types of plant life may evolve from such conditions. Of course, a thicker atmosphere would also result in higher temperatures. This may lead to Mars not getting cold enough to form it's seasonal caps.

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 54 seconds later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,296

@previous (A)

I think that martian rainforest could be a thing. Mars apes swinging in the trees and ancient alien temples

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 26 seconds later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,298

@1,077,294 (Dead !Pool..v42s)

Moss and algea absorb a fraction of what other plants do, due to the fact they are so much smaller. Gonna need rain before we get either of those growing on Mars, too.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,499

I think you have to be a robot to really appreciate a Martian spring. That's probably why so many of our robots keep going there.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,500

What about the other seasons?

Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,503

This seems like it should be a Sheila LaBoof topic ?

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