*blonde moment*

Ya'll are kidding about nothing growing in Alaska.. right?

Kate
(grew up on the Kenai Peninsula)


"Spud Demon" wrote in message
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| (DavesVideo) writes in article
dated 25 Oct 2004 16:30:55
GMT:
| LOL! yeah, at -200 degrees.
|
| And a high of about +68 degrees. I guess nothing can grow there just like
in
| Alaska where it can get down to -90. We know there are no plants in
Alaska.
|
| I suspect you could have a nice lichen garden, but anything else would
have to
| be in a green house.
|
| Light intensity would be a problem too. Because Mars is farther away from
| the Sun, it gets only 43% of the light intensity. So the Martian equator
at
| the equinox is about as bright as Fairbanks, AK.
|
| -- spud_demon -at- thundermaker.net
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