March 5, 2008
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Mars
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet’s north pole, scientists said Monday.The image, taken last month, reveals at least four avalanches of fine ice and dust breaking off from a steep cliff and settling on the slope below. The cascade kicked up massive debris clouds, with some measuring more than 590 feet across.
The landslides were spied by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during a routine tracking of seasonal changes. The probe arrived at the planet in 2006.
It is rare for scientists to catch a natural event in action on the surface of Mars. Most of the landscape that has been recorded so far has not changed much in millions of years.
The avalanches occurred near the north pole and broke part of a 2,300-foot cliff.
“We were checking for springtime changes in the carbon-dioxide frost covering a dune field and finding the avalanches was completely serendipitous,” Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Candice Hansen said in a statement.Scientists were unsure what set off the avalanches and whether they occur frequently or only during the spring.
The Secret of Getting Ahead is Getting Started
I took a writing course several years ago and this was the main idea that I learned. I use this method every time I write. It’s very effective. When I need to write something I just start writing anything. I feel a lot better than just sitting in front on my computer with a blank screen having no ideas.How do you motivate yourself?
Comments (15)
This is interesting, I am wondering what we will use this information for…
Hope you are having a good day!
wow that is so cool
I find half the battle is getting started too. Sometimes I make a task out to be way more involved than it actually is. To stay motivated I keep reminding myself throughout a project how good I’m going to feel once it’s done.
I tackle one piece at a time.
To initially get started, I ask myself, “Do I want to do this now while I have the time (even if I don’t feel like it), or do I want to it later when it needs doing and there is NO time?” Then I tackle it in pieces, once step at a time.
I have no problem with motivation. The only time I quit making things is when I’m too exhausted to sew another stitch or paint another stroke. I’m full of ideas all the time! It’s harder for me to make myself take breaks!
nothing motivate me but i just do it cause nothing will be done if i don’t do them. maybe that is why i get tried quickly cause i try to do everything..lol
ryc: well good luck getting yourself more motivated for today!
cool
I read the Mars stuff yesterday……I just find the space program so very interesting…..Motivation…..I know I get motivated to clean the house when my Mother In Law is coming over….does that count?
This is interesting. Mars has always been so mysterious.
I am not very good with motivation. I think I tend to wait for desperate times to get things done. I will probably do my taxes the 1st week in April.
Very interesting!
The Mars information is cool. It’s amazing what we can see from so far away.
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