A Living Planet As A Giant Petri Dish - Imagined Colours Of Future Mars - Terraformed, Marsformed, Or Accidental
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 11:03
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Kim Stanley Robinson in his famous Trilogy Red, Green and Blue Mars describes a science fiction future with Mars changing colour to green and then to blue. However there are many other possible colours after human terraforming attempts or other accidental or deliberate planet alteration. Snowball white is perhaps most likely after a failed terraforming attempt. With other scenarios, it could be black (or darker in colour) or purple or other colours. read more