Surprise Discoveries from Mars: Volcanic Ice, Weird Chemistry, Lava Tubes and More!

[@LeftInStone]

Feels so surreal being able to watching so many videos and pics of a totally different and isolated world

[@chicojcf]

And I remember when Olympus Mons was measured as the largest Valcano in the solar system. Measurement has become more precise since the 1970's and '80's. Great work.

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Nowhere near as isolated as having to get to one in another solar system thousands of light years away.

[@djdrack4681]

Just think: there is decent % chance that a human living today will live for 1mil or even 1bil years. IF they're young enough, and within next 75yrs we 'crack' the secrets to biochem augmented memory storage (IE in a 'hard drive'), even if its bulky/crude but extends life 50-75yrs; well the tech will drastically advance in that timeframe...allowing longer lifetimes (and better tech/cloning/mind storage)...fast forward and the person doesn't die from senescence-related diseases/issues (IE old age, cancers, immune system issues, etc.) THIS ALSO means that a person is living NOW that will live long enough to not just visit many planets/moons (and indeed other solar systems); but they'll probably live long enough to us 'uplift' our Earthly 'cousins' (IE dogs, raccoons, chimps, etc)...

[@djdrack4681]

This Lesser (potentially Great) Filter could be surpassed any year now: it wouldn't be a black swan event...we are actively PREDICTING all the implications of it; but it would be such a paradigm shift that it'd prob be greater than all other previous achievements (together). Depending on what is involved: it may be that the method for storing consciousness/memories artificially MAY NOT be all that difficult/$$$. Look how fast Personal PC tech exploded in 80s/90s: by 2010s a high % of people in developed world had internet access (thanks to smartphones too). SO, 20-40yrs from discovery of the tech/methodology...to getting it in hands of majority of humans. If you're under 40-50yrs old now (2024), you could easily witness us discover it...and live long enough to reap fruits of that. ...Yet people are squabbling over stupid stuff: rather than focusing on 'removing' the authoritarians/tyrants/oppressors that are holding humanity back. (spoiler: = gov + mega corps).

[@LeftInStone]

@@djdrack4681 factsssssss

[@SoylentGamer]

The fact that photochemistry is still confusing black magic to a lot of the scientific community, the fact that we're discovering strange compounds in space makes sense to me. Stuff tends to act differently when constantly bombarded with ionizing solar and cosmic radiation all the time.

[@solandri69]

Look up a phase diagram for water. It's not just solid, liquid, gas. The solid phase of water has 21 different crystalline structures (that we've discovered so far). We only know about them because water is ubiquitous and critical for life, so it's been investigated thoroghly. Now think of _every other molecular compound in existence._ If we spent as much time investigating those as we do water, we'd probably find that each one of those has a similarly complicated phase diagram. And this is just crystalline phases. There is soooo much we don't know.

[@Needs_Tzel]

@@solandri69yeah, I’d agree. Tho there are areas where there are people who are aware and know what’s really out there in our oceans and space and there’s a reason nasa makes fake photos so yeah…

[@ReggieArford]

@@solandri69 And we can't be sure that the ice isn't "flowing" simply because it's in a form that doesn't flow.

[@c0ltz450]

@@solandri69 Just about everything that we can observe that is studied. We always end up finding out more things about it than we thought, like you can always zoom in some more. Or hell, even zoom out more.

[@Foster-hm2sh]

Anton, I have been listening to you for several years. Thank you for the research and video production you do for me and everyone else. Keep up the good work!

[@Brommear]

Imagine an opera on Mars where different sounds travel at different speed!

[@lindaseel9986]

I think it would sound like Klingon.

[@KristelViljoen]

A cacophony of klingon.

[@raymondtalbot6104]

I'd like to hear a simulation/comparison on how sounds would be perceived on Mars as opposed to on Earth.

[@mightymicroworlds4566]

Good. Now let’s put that desert moss there haha

[@Jay0neDE]

funny you say that because a couple days ago "The Innovation" posted an article about the moss species Syntrichia Caninervis which can survive in extreme environments. They actually consider it a candidate to plant on Mars.

[@mightymicroworlds4566]

@@Jay0neDE haha yeah I only know about it because of Anton, so epic! Hope it can work like we think it will ❤️🌌

[@Happy_Broom]

Going from dwelling in caves to space flight and planetary colonization only to have to be finding a good cave to hide in again. Lions and tigers and meteorites......

[@coweatsman]

Planetary colonisation is a fantasy. I don't expect it to happen. There is nothing AI and automation can not do in space and which is safer and cheaper than people. How how a colonist pay for the billions of $ and ginormous amounts of energy needed to get there and to stay there enclosed in energy hungry bubbles? Gig work and waitressing will not cut it or really any occupation you can think of. Think how expensive ISS is and that for only a few people and only a few hundred km above earth and not tens of millions of km. A Martian colony would be a money pit for nothing in return.

[@doomy330]

like we went from arrows to bullets as projectiles. humans have patterns of approaching different problems. i guess to some advanced aliens we would appear super predictable

[@spencerhardy8667]

Only just over 200 years from the first powered machinery to global interconnection and the JWST. I don't think we really lived in caves much. It's just where stuff was found. It's extremely unwise to light a fire in a cave. Those that did were gambling their Darwinian survival odds.

[@tripleheadedmonkey6613]

Contrary to popular belief, humans actually historically avoided caves. For 2 important reasons. 1) Bears live in caves. 2) Fire actually consumes oxygen. And so if they lived in an enclosed, sheltered, cave and attempted to warm themselves with fire they would subsequently suffocate in their sleep.

[@thomasgunther]

Luckily, these lions and tigers are not that much of a danger on Mars, until the giant fearsome mars bear appears (which is green I have heard). I would like to add that caves might collapse. I don't think a cave on Mars would protect from e meteorite strike.

[@andrewbolten2988]

Frost Halo spotted on Mars, Master Chief is on his way.

[@SpartanNat]

Misriah Armory will give him a weapon or 2 and the ODSTs will have his back. XD

[@Syncrotron9001]

You cant just shoot a hole in the surface of mars.

[@the80hdgaming]

The MarsBees are basically tiny ornithopters...

[@Atok595]

Dune reference ⚠️

[@TheMossDoge]

What do you think, is dune is a history, or a prediction? 😂

[@the80hdgaming]

@@TheMossDoge a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​@@TheMossDoge The -spice- _water_ must flow!

[@BostonBADCOG]

Or the new Google street view bees.

[@dg8620]

That grin always makes me smile 😊

[@sadiecat786]

Doesn't it? I'd call it more of a shit-eaten grin though. It's perfect!

[@realphillipcarter]

Literally writing a sci-fi story about Mars when this notification popped up

[@ZionistWorldOrder]

does elon get rid of 90% of humans through an engineered virus when he has no more need for them?

[@ZionistWorldOrder]

i mean on mars, 90% of the original entitled bunch of "useless eaters"?

[@Wizardbeard91]

Good luck on your story I hope it turns out well

[@greycover3972]

Yep, good luck. I hope I get to red it.

[@realphillipcarter]

@@Wizardbeard91 Thanks, it's tying into a larger story universe so progress is a bit slower than I'd like (have to make sure I don't break the continuity)

[@kevwatts]

I was literally traveling to Mars when this video popped up

[@andrewgoodbody2121]

Same! I'll have a pint of Guinness please 😊

[@zerovalon6243]

Did you burn up your fuse up there alone?

[@bryandraughn9830]

Thank you Anton. Whenever i start to feel really nervous your videos help to calm me down.

[@chicojcf]

Odd, or is it? Updates about MARS almost daily, sweet.

[@13thAMG]

As a veteran Audio Engineer, I am fascinated by this news about the Acoustic properties of Mars. Very cool.

[@andycordy5190]

Stunningly beautiful images. Lots more reasons to focus on robotic exploration and not sending astronauts

[@BraskHouseConcerts]

If we had humans on Mars most of these questions would be answered

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 💙😎👍

[@edjohnson2192]

I love your voice. The ups and downs. Very unique.

[@Luckyhotsummer]

Yet another excellent show

[@ChronicKoff]

Thanks again Anton

[@allenwalters8812]

Did David Bowie know something when he sang spiders from mars? Maybe he really was an alien.

[@stephensmith1118]

he was a Starman.. he'd like to come and see us.... but he's afraid to blow our minds

[@rogwarrior1018]

Those were the "ludes" he was dropping talking......

[@Chill_Mode_JD]

Dance magic Dance!

[@SuperJusSaiyan]

You know.. you are one awesome dude Anton Petrov. I wish I could see all the colours of reality like you can.

[@farwander3722]

You rock, Anton. Thank you for your work and your very being :)

[@kempokiin6280]

Anton....thanks man. I wish I could just hang out with you....or follow you around like an intern and just get your coffee. I would be your gopher guy! I have a hyperfixation on astrophysics/astronomy/theoretical physics/etc and have been watching you for years. Shared you with several people. Thanks for all you do, make sure you take care of yourself too!

[@jeannedenbigh8919]

Appreciate information that you present on Mars bringing us closer to have people on the ground to explore

[@daviddiaz3910]

I loveeeee your positive vibes 🤗

[@philochristos]

That was all really interesting.

[@iwantedtohaveabigytnamepsi2007]

Thank you Anton

[@StraightOuttaPaddock]

you make everything about space even more interesting thanks for another amazing video Anton

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Funny. When the Viking missions landed everyone was sure we would have discovered whether or not Mars has life by now. But just like in the 1970s, the answer is still "Maybe. Maybe not." Thanks a lot or this one, Anton! Lots of interesting stuff.

[@yvonnemiezis5199]

Fascinating video in many ways, thanks 👍😊

[@George-rk7ts]

Mars is really cool. And I like the way you just tell us what's going on. With a cool subject, you can just g8vevthe facts. No need to hype things. Thank you, Anton.

[@MrIBM01]

Thank you for giving us something to watch that is a break from all the stuff going on here on earth, because this helps lower the stress.

[@victorstandiford9724]

Great content.

[@gdibble]

🧊 *Very interesting - seems that with transient ice formation, this would be a great place to search for signs of life.* Great Mars news; really appreciate your regular science news. _Keep up the great work making this fascinating content!_ 🧑‍🔬

[@erkkiruohtula632]

Even if the holes turn out to be just pits, they would be helpful: make a tunnel horizontally at the bottom to create a protected habitat. Saves you from digging vertically.

[@maskharah]

Best smile ever, thanks Anton!

[@Icarus-Phoenix]

Thank you Wonderful Person!

[@Voltastik]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you! You inspired me to make my own YT channel 💛.

[@KristelViljoen]

People often tell me that these explorations are a waste of money. They cannot understand the relevance to their daily lives. One can argue that the milions spend on space exploration are a waste of valuable resources and could have been put to better use. But I believe that explorations and discoveries are an "evolutionary catapult" that moves civilization forward. It has been like this since the beginning of mankind. We do not have a choice in this matter. Everything in nature needs to move forward to stay alive. Without progression degradation follows. Thank you Anton. Wonderful person. You are very gifted in creating a vivid picture and making sense of scientific explorations. Your voice isn't bad either. Most of the time I just let the video run while doing menial tasks at night or during the early morning hours. Right now it is 05h59 Southern Africa.

[@paulmicks7097]

Now we know why Martians sound different, thank you Anton

[@greycover3972]

I like this framing. We can see you better. Thank you, Anton.

[@avertae]

Cool Mars digest, great work

[@sugarfrosted2005]

Wait the Spiders from Mars in ziggy stardust's title was named after a real thing?

[@skylark8828]

Did they have enough resolution to see the Spiders back in the 1970's?

[@varelse01]

I’d like to hear your take on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars trilogy. Great books if you haven’t already read them.

[@thomasbays8292]

Great channel. It is where I come to have my dreams crushed😉

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

I propose we call the Holes of Mars, _"Sarlacc Pits"_ 😊

[@corm7538]

Hmm... Am I the only one that thought that the photo of those brown spots on Mars @9:27 look a little like the spots on a giraffe?

[@christmassnow3465]

Still I think that helicopter blades would be more efficient than artificial bee wings, because helicopter blades can turn at a constant speed, while bee wings have to change direction and rather than spinning they "shake" up and down.

[@dreamchasergarage690]

Spiders on Mars? Viva Ziggy Stardust!

[@MadridBarcelonaRota]

Stay Anton, stay as you are, one of my rocks in this time of imagined turmoil, living as I do in the most peaceful epoch of human existence. It's my imagination that requires the salve.

[@fire-ae]

The hole first shown was "Jeanne" near Arsia Mons, and I am writing a story where robots and "engineered people" just dived to the bottom and digged horizontally to create habitats!

[@danielgrove7782]

I worked with paolo bellutta 20 years ago i did not know that the project was testing for the rover program. He is now one of the main rover drivers

[@stefaniasmanio5857]

Hi Anton! This was wonderful! Such a rich and complete treat! What an amazing collection of discoveries! As usual clearly explained . Astonishing images and animations! A beautiful lesson! Thank you so much! ❤❤❤❤❤ it sould be fantastic having some software simulating Mars sound distortions… 😅❤

[@eugenejakovlev3918]

Someone needs to make a Room Reverb Effect with different gases inside the room for different effect variety 🤯

[@davidgarcia2093]

Marsbees is the coolest shit ive heard in a LONG time 🥹

[@17leprichaun]

Thank you Anton for the great content you keep on giving!!! May i ask: what is the explanation of the rectangular blops on 8:36 mainly on the bottom right? resolution issues?

[@patriciofernandez6500]

12:31 Mithril!

[@timothymoroney3561]

Robotic bees - very kewl concept ! 🪰🐝🦟

[@homoblogicus7899]

Hello Wonderful Anton!!

[@josephpiskac2781]

Anton thanks this work is so valuable.

[@GeekBatman]

We need Ornithopter's!! Also, I love your videos! Always interesting and educational! And your passion shows!! You're definitely one of the best science communicators on KZbin!! ❤

[@marcuswar2823]

Hey Anton, if you can, do a video about that object they found covered with glucose and ribose. Maybe you already have and I missed it.

[@petiaivailova2563]

Wait a minute, are you saying that if aliens come, we might not be able to understand their speech, not just because of the language, but because they have evolved in other environments where sounds are transmitted differently?

[@sadiecat786]

You'll understand them. It'll be through telepathy, don't worry. 😉

[@HUNGARUS]

@@sadiecat786 you will be a machine by then

[@sadiecat786]

@@HUNGARUS Not me personally. 😘

[@AbyssalSoda]

I mean according to UFO reports, grey aliens chirp like birds but can speak to people mostly fine through telepathy. It's actually very interesting how historically most alleged paranormal phenomenon also utilizes telepathy.

[@kryts27]

In 1994, a hiker with botanical knowledge stumbled over a small grove of trees (gymnosperms), hidden in a canyon, approximately 200 kilometres from Sydney in the sparsely inhabited region of the Blue Mountains. But these were no ordinary trees, but incredibly a living fossil; "Wollemia noblis" or the Wollemi pine. This tree (thought extinct by botanists, with fossil specimins), was last thought alive 160 million years ago (in the Jurassic) before their chance discovery. These trees are incredibly rare; are only about 46 wild adult trees remaining (the rest are cultivated). The point I am making that if something as complex as a tree can cling onto existance through that period of time, through all the climate changes that must have happened to South-Eastern Australia by well over 100 million years, then surely some form of ancient life has survived on Mars. Not a tree obviously, but perhaps a bacterium?

[@wayneharrison]

🐝🐝🐝🐝 Yipee! We're going to Mars!

[@tinkerstrade3553]

Wait till the local cops get this bee tech! Oh the possibilities!😮

[@Sc0tt0187]

Awesome update Anton 👍🏻

[@redspit99]

bummer about the Martian caves. I was hoping to see one on video before I passed away.

[@annoyed707]

I don't think they have ruled out lava tubes everywhere. There are some areas that look more like those that have tubes on Earth.

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

There is still the Moon

[@rais1953]

There are lava tubes on Earth despite the relatively heavy gravity and on the Moon which has a bit less than half Mars' gravity. It would be surprising if Mars didn't have them.

[@EricDeanCampbell]

I've literally been posting about water flowing from a porous crater wall since 1997 in the HiRise data, but no agency ever took me up on a discussion, other than stating "there's no water on Mars" almost every time. I shouldn't say everyone ignored it, a European magazine saw my post and put the location on on a magazine cover, in 1997 and I had good responses in Reddit until the mods would delete the posts. Anyway, if anyone is interested let me know. The photos are pretty clear, as is the erosion and areas of evaporation. I even tried contacting Musk just to have them look at the area as a potential settlement site, but I wasn't able to get a message to him. Edit due to typo.

[@axle.student]

Stable lava tubes would be ideal :/ But if we mine the heck out of the moon we may be able to send some heavy mining equipment and dig our own holes :)

[@johnpublicprofile6261]

Mars Bees should use super capacitors instead of batteries as they have a higher density per kilogram. They have a downside of a higher volume than batteries, but as Mars has low air density the increased air-drag should be minimal.

[@realpain84]

This is mind blowing ... 😮

[@darylbrown8834]

3:54' Cycles of vapor deposition'(pressure changes) and sublimation?

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Yeahhh Nahhh, they're real spiders mate ! Bloody big ones too ! They're part of the Aussie space program, we've got too many of the bugga's down here ya see 👍 cheers🍻

[@Alondro77]

Since Mars had lots of water in the distant past, but lacked a magnetic field, photolysis would have resulted in a period when Mars' atmosphere was filled with various reactive oxygen radicals as all the water on the surface was photodissociated, the hydrogen escaping at once and the oxygen hanging around to react with the minerals on the surface. I think that explains the manganese oxide quite well.

[@theredhead42]

If you don't have merch that says "back in the days" you rly should!

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! Are you saying that on Mars you can HEAR how cold it is outside?? 🤯 that's so damn cool!

[@joehopfield]

Steve Mould's co2 balloon sound lens demo showed the effect.

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

Huh that sound discovery is almost mind-blowing I can totally imagine a discussion between Bill Burr and Shaq O'Neal xD Bill Burr: Hiya'how'you'doing Shaq: HEEEEYAAAAA WAAAA'SUUUUUP MAAAAAAN

[@hermitcrabs]

Those bees are so freaking cool, time to go down a rabbit hole! Ty anton

[@Zaphodox]

Wait wait - a Volcano full of (yeah sort of lol) ice… you mean like in TOTAL RECALL!!!

[@MichaelOfRohan]

That night on Olympus Mons with Margles!!

[@NicholasNerios]

Here's an idea, I'm sure someone had thought of. Take a few mini nuclear power plants, put them on a mobile trailer charging station, with ai controlled arm for hard wire plug in, and wireless charging pads for drones. Pulled by an autonomous ai using gps satellites, and powered by the trailer. Bam portable power station. Charging solar panel cleaning bots or as a backup power station for the base.

[@shaunogg9966]

That is another Mars face, an angry bear at 1:34 lol

[@acmelka]

I can't help but feel, it is easier to get a paper published that says 'it is NOT life! '. Compared to 'it might be life. '

[@codename495]

Because the burden of proof leans toward “ it is not life”. We won’t have any real idea if ANY body in our system is capable of or has/is supporting life until our tech advances enough that we can go there and retrieve samples. Other than that we can observe and give all the reasons it might be but ultimately isn’t life.

[@galynnzitnik4600]

Have your already discussed the Leopard Spots at Jezero crater? If not, please do so. I am interested in your take.

[@mala27369]

Looks like the flying machines on the sci fi show Lexx

[@videocrowsnest5251]

Considering how Mars gets bombarded by meteors constantly, wouldn't that make the planet a variable treasure trove of all sorts of metals deposited there by the constant bombardment of meteors? Which would though probably quickly get buried or covered up by irradiated sand, considering the seasonal planetary sandstorms and the likes. Also, "planetary sandstorm" (one composed of irradiated sand no less) is such a fun thing to get to say, even if it is a gnarly concept to think about.

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Til next time wonderful person!

[@patriciofernandez6500]

Make Mars Great Again!

[@GoatSays]

Hello wonderful person

[@michaelwarlow4398]

Great video thanks!

[@chrislong3938]

After seeing how drone swarms are controlled during entertainment shows, controlling those Marsbees should be a cinch!

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Updated Anton, cheers Dude. TFS, GB :)

[@scottstormcarter9603]

Excellent tee shirt

[@isabellflorence4956]

I can see a sci-fi movie coming from these holes.

[@chicojcf]

Great video Anton. Nice to have some newer information re: Olympus Mons. Thanks. Odd why the speed of sound is so noticeably different from Earth, interesting differences in the Martian atmosphere with respect to sound propogation; perhaps.

[@nophoto6875]

I really feel like Mars is still in a developmental stage for life. It's just taking longer because of it's position to the sun, it's mass, and geological/meteorological composition.... Let's be humans, interfere, and speed it up. :)

[@brentwilbur]

Those irregular CO2 sublimation patters resemble more dendrites than spiders.

[@steveguynup5441]

Oh wow, couple this with the recent moss that would survive on Mars (if it had water) news 😊

[@AmonTheWitch]

well mars has water, just gotta heat it up a bit

[@michaeloreilly657]

I don't think he actually said that.

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@michaeloreilly657 it was in a recent video

[@michaeloreilly657]

​@@AmonTheWitchWatch it again.