What They Didn't Teach You in School About Mars | Our Solar System's Planets 4K

Everything you could want to know about Mars. A refresh of the Astrum ‘Our Solar System’ series, updated to reflect all we’ve learned about our planetary neighbourhood in the last few years.

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Credits
Writer: Alex McColgan & Jon McColgan
Editor: Nathalia Gardin
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Producer: Alex McColgan/ Raquel Taylor

#Astrum #Astronomy #Space #Mars #oursolarsystem #planets

[MadHax-wttl]

Many years ago a friend of mine got himself a telescope.
When he first trained it on Mars, the planet was experiencing a global sand storm.
He described it as an orange fuzz ball.
We both got better views later, and could make out features like the polar ice cap. I'm totally glad I got that opportunity.

[drgonzo]

Whenever I think of how Earth looks to other planets, I think of Carl Sagan’s “pale blue dot” quote, and everything in my life feels so small and meaningless. Instead of feeling depressed or horrified, it calms me, and helps me distress a little just knowing how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of the universe.

[cristinelcostachescu]

The only thing I regret while watching your videos is not having a 70" 8K TV, and a surround audio system. Man, what an experience your videos would be.... Great work, as always, Astrum!

[Ericaodd]

Did you have to re-upload this because the preview bots thought Olympus Mons was a nipple?

[JusNoBS]

Thank you Astrum team!! The way you communicate astronomy is second to none! And I'm sure many enjoy the podcast but wish it were longer lol. I personally use it while I drift off to sleep. And the soft music you play at the end of the cast is perfect 👍

[d-boyzinfinity]

Love the remasters for this series. We know so much more than we did back then and it gives you a chance to make a video of higher quality. I’m pretty new to this channel but it’s become one of my favorites and I’ve gone back and watched your older videos, especially about stars. I find stars and light to be very fascinating. It’s amazing too the images we can get now from Hubble, modern ground telescopes, rovers, and probes. We can see the wonders from space from our own little neighborhood here around the sun all the back to the distant past of the universe. There’s so much beauty on this planet that it’s a marvel to see the beautiful features of places we most likely won’t get the opportunity to go to. Keep up the good work

[StretfordEndGaz]

im 52 and i dont think i have 20 years left in me, i do hope in my lifetime i see human on mars seeing how space exploration has moved along in my life, seeing mankind land on mars would be the pinnacle

[Beryllahawk]

Mars will always be near and dear to me. The landing of the Pathfinder/Sojourner mission was a big part of my first date with my now-husband, and sometimes I go back and look at the little collage I made - this was the 90s, it must have taken me hours to find and print out two dozen different images of the rover and of Mars. Good times! I'll always be fascinated by this planet and your videos in particular have been a joy for me. Whatever you choose to remaster next, I'm here for it!

[mayawowzers]

Great remaster! My favourite part of the video is still: "Let me show you an example." *loads up beam ng*

[robinson-foundry]

Yes!! I've been waiting for this for years!

[CasuallyCold]

11:48 That particular Dust Devil was about the same height as an average tornado here on Earth which they can get over a mile tall or 1.609344 Kilometers.

[psmirage]

1:48 I'm a bit confused here; 1 year, 320 days, and 80.2 hours? Why not just say 1 year, 323 days, 8.2 hours?

[Mightymattification]

Amazing video like always, Astrum! i'd LOVE to see a revisited video of Neptune, my favourite planet! keep up the great work!

[mikezizis]

Thank you so much Alex! Your presentations are always wonderful and your enthusiasm is infectious. I need to mention a fact that is never covered in the presentations of Mars in anyone's video but is truly astonishing. There is so much water on Mars that if the surface water was melted including the hidden glaciers it would comprise an ocean of about hundred and 15 feet deep over the entire planet. Could you please and a feature video give this theme sometime?
From Wikipedia:A bundant water ice is also present beneath the permanent carbon dioxide ice cap at the Martian south pole. More than 5 million km3 of ice have been detected at or near the surface of Mars, enough to cover the whole planet to a depth of 35 meters (115 ft).[13] Even more ice might be locked away in the deep subsurface.

[Hotchpotchsoup]

Mars' huge mountain looks like a nipple 👀 and it's 100% why I'm here

[paulspaws]

Thanks for the update, new imagery is brilliant.

[truerthanyouknow]

I did not know that Mars had a tilt... and therefore seasons. Thank you for sharing this.

[kindnuguz]

Does anyone else get a feeling us humans once occupied Mars but because we destroyed the planet we moved to Earth?
I don't know but Mars gives me a vibe of what Earth could look like if we are not careful

[FPSWordle]

Well that thumbnail was chosen for a reason. :)

[aliasaila]

I love your channel, I love the videos, the information and your voice the words of presentation. It is so fascinating.
Every video ist a work of art in science.