I was watching the ISS live feed going over North West Africa and up to Italy. The landscape was red and arid and it struck me just how ‘Mars like’ it looked.
It got me thinking that Earth could be facing the same destiny many aeons from now. It’s hard to imagine with the amount of H2O on the planet right now, but if it can happen to Mars (the atmosphere is stripped away), it could happen here I suppose.
But I wonder if a Venus situation is more likely first, because of our proximity to the Sun?
This discovery certainly makes me feel that lifecycle of planets is an awesome thing.
It got me thinking that Earth could be facing the same destiny many aeons from now. It’s hard to imagine with the amount of H2O on the planet right now, but if it can happen to Mars (the atmosphere is stripped away), it could happen here I suppose.
But I wonder if a Venus situation is more likely first, because of our proximity to the Sun?
This discovery certainly makes me feel that lifecycle of planets is an awesome thing.