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View submission: Martian Wind.
I'm not sure, with Mars's barely-there atmosphere, that there would be enough pressure to move these stalks so dramatically.
Comment by ConspicuousSomething at 24/01/2025 at 12:24 UTC
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What do you mean? It nearly knocked over Mark Watney’s spaceship, so they had to strand him there. Of course it’ll move grass!
/s obvs.
Comment by Patelpb at 24/01/2025 at 16:53 UTC
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My first thought as well. I thought this was done in a chamber at first with realistic martian atmospheric conditions, but its appears to be a mapping of windspeed to what it would look like on earth. In reality I think there'd be little movement