While we are here choosing #Earth and choosing each other, we need to have a talk about how #colonial "frontier" mindset impacts the way "#explorers" conceive their missions and expeditions.

And while we're here, TODAY is the day we strip the names non-Indigenous "explorers" have given to #astrogeology field sites in #Nunavut & #Canada.

Goodbye, "von Braun Slope" - you never were and never will be.

May those who dared speak that name never walk your rocky expanse again. (1/5)

#ArtemisII

#30DayMapChallenge Day 18: Out of this world 🌍➡️🚀

I mapped #Mars using the blended MOLA + HRSC elevation dataset from #USGS #Astrogeology. Styled in #QGIS with Martian colours + hillshade, then explored the new #3D Globe view, works beautifully!

🎥 The video shows a rotating Mars, glowing in rust and shadow.

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🔴🪐 The colors of #Mars tell a story about what happened to its #atmosphere billions of years ago.

Today Mars has blue #sunsets and red days - the opposite of #Earth. But ancient Mars had blue skies during the day, just like we do now. The change happened when Mars lost its magnetic field and solar winds stripped away its atmosphere.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/mars-used-to-be-blue-then-something-happened?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=mars_blue_sky#astrogeology

#astrogeology #space #carbon #chemistry #clouds #elements #ESA #geology #history #meteorites #minerals #NASA #rainbows #robots #rocks #solarsystem #astronomy #science #rovers #physics #exploration #planets #sun #volcanoes #water #weather #tksst #video

🔴🪐 The colors of #Mars tell a story about what happened to its #atmosphere billions of years ago.

Today Mars has blue #sunsets and red days - the opposite of #Earth. But ancient Mars had blue skies during the day, just like we do now. The change happened when Mars lost its magnetic field and solar winds stripped away its atmosphere.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/mars-used-to-be-blue-then-something-happened?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=mars_blue_sky

#astrogeology #space #carbon #chemistry #clouds #elements #ESA #geology #history #meteorites #minerals #NASA #rainbows #robots #rocks #solarsystem #astronomy #science #rovers #physics #exploration #planets #sun #volcanoes #water #weather #tksst #video

The El Ali Meteorite’s Journey from Landmark to Loot | Scientific American

Meteorite found in Somalia raises questions about ethics in Meteoritics.

#meteoritics #geochemistry #geology #astrogeology #cosmogeology #somalia #scientificEthics

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-el-ali-meteorites-journey-from-landmark-to-loot/