lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallymessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down111
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallylnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoSince there is no oxygen on mars shouldn’t blood be blue though. Maybe Neptune would be a better planet for mars. Edit* wasn’t thinking and fell for an old myth. See comment below.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI just looked it up and I stand corrected thank you. Some old myths are hard to get rid off.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoFor sure, that’s a long standing one. It does look blue through skin and it’s a much darker red, more maroon than proper “red”.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAlso, the iron on mars is oxidized. That’s why it’s not the dark gray planet
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThere’s oxygen on Mars. Just not enough for us to breathe.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 month agoSo not enough to turn blood red?
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah but its at trace levels now
Since there is no oxygen on mars shouldn’t blood be blue though. Maybe Neptune would be a better planet for mars.
Edit* wasn’t thinking and fell for an old myth. See comment below.
No. Blood is red regardless of oxygen.
I just looked it up and I stand corrected thank you. Some old myths are hard to get rid off.
For sure, that’s a long standing one.
It does look blue through skin and it’s a much darker red, more maroon than proper “red”.
Also, the iron on mars is oxidized. That’s why it’s not the dark gray planet
There’s oxygen on Mars. Just not enough for us to breathe.
So not enough to turn blood red?
Mars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
Yeah but its at trace levels now